BILL NUMBER: SB 1091	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act relating to Medi-Cal.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1091, as introduced, Hancock. Medi-Cal: reimbursement: county
juvenile detention facilities.
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under
which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services.
   Under existing law, children in juvenile facilities are ineligible
to receive Medi-Cal benefits.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would ensure that adequate health care services are
provided to children in county juvenile detention facilities by
allowing the facilities to receive Medi-Cal reimbursement for health
care services provided to children while they are being detained and
awaiting adjudication by the courts.
   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 ensure that adequate health care services are
provided to children in county juvenile detention facilities by
allowing the facilities to receive Medi-Cal reimbursement for health
care services provided to children while they are being detained and
awaiting adjudication by the courts.