BILL NUMBER: SB 771	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 2, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 22, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 26, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  DECEMBER 16, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Alquist

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 14005.27 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to Medi-Cal.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 771, as amended, Alquist. Medi-Cal: foster children:
eligibility.
   Existing law establishes the federal Medicaid Program,
administered by each state, California's version of which is the
Medi-Cal program. The Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the
State Department of Health Care Services, provides health care
services to qualified low-income recipients.
   This bill would, to the extent federal financial participation is
available, extend Medi-Cal eligibility, including eligibility for the
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT)
Program, to children who were formerly in foster care and are under
26 years of age, pursuant to prescribed provisions of federal law.
   Because each county is responsible for making Medi-Cal eligibility
determinations, by expanding Medi-Cal eligibility the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14005.27 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   14005.27.  (a) To the extent federal financial participation is
available, the department shall extend Medi-Cal eligibility,
including eligibility for the Early and Periodic Screening,
Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program, to children who were
formerly in foster care and are under 26 years of age, pursuant to
the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law
111-148), as amended by the federal Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152).
   (b) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of
Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the
department may implement this section, without taking any regulatory
action, by means of all-county letters or similar instructions.
Thereafter, the department shall adopt regulations in accordance with
the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of
Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. 
   (c) This section shall become operative January 1, 2014. 

  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.