AB 2821, as introduced, Chiu. Medi-Cal: cooperative arrangements.
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 federal law requires the state’s plan for medical assistance under Medi-Cal to provide for entering into cooperative arrangements with the state agencies responsible for administering or supervising the administration of health services and vocational rehabilitation services in the state. Existing law requires, upon additional funds being appropriated and budgeted for the support of services within the scope of work of a cooperative arrangement, that the amount of the encumbrance in the agreement be amended, by operation of law, to reflect the newly appropriated and budgeted funds.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 14000.03 of the Welfare and Institutions
2Code is amended to read:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that Section
41396a(a)(11)(A) of Title 42 of the United States Code provides
5that California’s state plan for medical assistance under the
6Medicaid programbegin delete mustend deletebegin insert shallend insert “provide for entering into cooperative
7arrangements with the State agencies responsible for administering
8or supervising the administration of health services and vocational
9rehabilitation services in the State looking toward maximum
10utilization of such services in the provision of medical assistance
11under the plan.”
12(b) In
furtherance of Section 1396a(a)(11)(A) of Title 42 of the
13United States Code and Section 7560 of the Government Code, it
14is the intent of the Legislature to maximize the amount of federal
15and state funds continually available under agreements identified
16in Section 1396a(a)(11)(A) of Title 42 of the United States Code
17and entered into by the State Department of Healthbegin insert Careend insert Services
18by making later-appropriated and budgeted funds immediately
19encumbered and available for expenditure under agreements by
20operation of law.
21(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon additional
22funds being appropriated and budgeted for the support of the
23services identified within the scope of work of an agreement of
24the type identified in Sectionbegin delete 1396a (a)(11)(A)end deletebegin insert
1396a(a)(11)(A)end insert
25
of Title 42 of the United States Code and previously entered into
26by the State Department of Healthbegin insert Careend insert Services, the amount of
27the encumbrance in such an agreement shall be amended, by
28operation of law, to reflect the newly appropriated and budgeted
29funds.
30(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, once an
31agreement of the type identified in Sectionbegin delete 1396a (a)(11)(A)end delete
32begin insert 1396a(a)(11)(A)end insert of Title 42 of the United States Code is entered
33into by the State Department of Healthbegin insert Careend insert Services, the
34agreement shall continue in effect
indefinitely and need not be
35amended unless the State Department of Healthbegin insert Careend insert Services
36changes the scope of work to be provided under the agreement.
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