SB 446, as introduced, Nguyen. Medi-Cal.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, and 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 provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to provide, to the extent practicable, for health care for those aged and other persons who lack sufficient annual income to meet the costs of health care, and whose other assets are so limited that their application toward the costs of care would jeopardize the person’s or family’s future minimum self-maintenance and security.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this statement of legislative intent.
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 of the Welfare and Institutions
2Code is amended to read:
The purpose of this chapter is to afford to qualifying
4individuals health care and related remedial or preventive services,
P2 1including related social servicesbegin delete whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert are necessary for those
2receiving health care under this chapter.
3The intent of the Legislature is to provide, to the extent
4practicable, through the provisions of this chapter, for health care
5for those aged and otherbegin delete personsend deletebegin insert individualsend insert,
including family
6begin delete personsend deletebegin insert members,end insert who lack sufficient annual income to meet the
7costs of healthbegin delete care,end deletebegin insert careend insert and whose other assets are so limited
8that their application toward the costs ofbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert
thatend insert care would
9jeopardize thebegin delete personend deletebegin insert individual’send insert or family’s future minimum
10self-maintenance and security. It is intended that whenever possible
11and feasible:
12(a) The means employed shall allow, to the extent practicable,
13begin insert anend insert eligiblebegin delete personsend deletebegin insert individualend insert to secure health care in the same
14manner employed by the public generally, and without
15discrimination or segregation based purely onbegin delete theirend deletebegin insert
his or herend insert
16 economic disability. The means employed shall include an
17emphasis on efforts to arrange and encourage access to health care
18through enrollment in organized, managed care plans of the type
19available to the general public.
20(b) The benefits available under this chapter shall not duplicate
21those provided under other federal or state laws or under other
22contractual or legal entitlements of thebegin delete personend deletebegin insert
individualend insert orbegin delete personsend delete
23begin insert individualsend insert receiving them.
24(c) In the administration of this chapter and in establishing the
25means to be used to provide access to health care tobegin delete personsend delete
26begin insert individualsend insert eligible under this chapter, the department shall
27emphasize and take advantage of both the efficient organization
28and ready accessibility and availability of health care facilities and
29resources through enrollment in managed health care plans and
30new and innovative fee-for-service managed health care plan
31approaches to the delivery of health
care services.
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