BILL NUMBER: SB 771	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Alquist

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to Medi-Cal.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 771, as introduced, Alquist. Medi-Cal.
   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 partially governed and funded under federal
Medicaid provisions.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would implement and complement changes in federal
provisions affecting the Medi-Cal program, including, but not limited
to, changes enacted as part of any federal economic stimulus
package, as passed by the 111th Congress and signed by the President,
in order to ensure that California receives its share of new federal
funds, and benefits from any changes in eligibility, benefits, or
funding enacted as part of any federal economic stimulus package.
   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 and complement changes in federal
Medicaid provisions affecting the Medi-Cal program that are enacted
as part of any federal economic stimulus package, as passed by the
111th Congress and signed by the President, in order to ensure that
California receives its share of new federal funds, and benefits from
any changes in eligibility, benefits, or funding enacted as part of
any federal economic stimulus package.