BILL NUMBER: AB 2213	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dahle

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act relating to Medi-Cal.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2213, as introduced, Dahle. Medi-Cal: nondesignated public
hospitals.
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under
which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services.
The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal
Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal
Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration Project Act, which revises
hospital supplemental payment methodologies under the Medi-Cal
program in order to maximize the use of federal funds consistent with
federal Medicaid law and to stabilize the distribution of funding
for hospitals that provide care to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and
uninsured patients. Existing law requires the department to seek a
successor demonstration project or federal waiver of Medicaid law to
implement specified objectives, which may include better care
coordination for seniors, persons with disabilities, and children
with special health care needs. Existing law provides that to the
extent the provisions under the Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care
Demonstration Project Act do not conflict with the provisions of, or
the Special Terms and Conditions of, this demonstration project, the
provisions of the Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration
Project Act shall apply. Existing law also defines nondesignated
public hospitals for purposes of these provisions and requires that
nondesignated public hospitals be eligible for specified payments
under the demonstration project.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would ensure that nondesignated public hospitals are
reimbursed adequately and promptly.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would ensure that nondesignated public hospitals are
reimbursed adequately and promptly.