BILL NUMBER:  AB 2077
  VETOED	DATE: 09/24/2016




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2077 without my signature.

This bill allows people to stay on Medi-Cal longer in order to sign
up for Covered California. The bill also requires counties to
prioritize applications from new enrollees into Medi-Cal from Covered
California.

The ability to maintain coverage while transitioning between Medi-Cal
and Covered California may indeed be a daunting task. I am not
comfortable, however, with the approach this bill proposes by giving
more time on Medi-Cal to some, and preferential enrollment to others.


The Department of Health Care Services and Covered California are
currently working on improvements to the eligibility and enrollment
systems to give people the timely information they need to ease the
transition from one program to the other.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.