BILL NUMBER: AB 1606	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Coto

                        JANUARY 6, 2010

   An act to add Section 14132.07 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to Medi-Cal.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1606, as introduced, Coto. Medi-Cal: Standford Chronic Disease
Self-Management Program.
   Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the
State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health
care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The
Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid
provisions.
   This bill would require the department to seek, and if obtained,
to implement all federal waivers necessary to allow for the services
provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries pursuant to the Stanford Chronic
Disease Self-Management Program, as defined, to be reimbursable under
the Medi-Cal program.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14132.07 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   14132.07.  (a) For purposes of this section, the "Stanford Chronic
Disease Self-Management Program" means a course developed and
licensed by Stanford University to assist individuals with chronic
disease.
   (b) The department shall seek, and if obtained, to implement all
federal waivers necessary to allow for the services provided to
Medi-Cal beneficiaries pursuant to the Stanford Chronic Disease
Self-Management Program to be reimbursable under the Medi-Cal
program.