BILL NUMBER: AB 1541	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Health (Jones (Chair), Ammiano, Block,
Carter, De La Torre, De Leon, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Nava, V. Manuel Perez, and Salas)

                        MARCH 4, 2009

   An act relating to children's health care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1541, as introduced, Committee on Health. Healthy Families
Program.
   Existing law establishes the Healthy Families Program,
administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, under which
basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income
persons. The Healthy Families Program is partially governed and
funded pursuant to the federal State Children's Health Insurance
Program.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would implement federal budget and policy changes
that affect the Healthy Families Program, including, but not limited
to, changes enacted as part of a federal economic stimulus package or
a reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program
passed by the 111th United States Congress and signed by the
President.
   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 implement federal budget and policy changes
that affect the Healthy Families Program, including, but not limited
to, changes enacted as part of a federal economic stimulus package or
a reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program
(SCHIP) passed by the 111th United States Congress and signed by the
President.