BILL NUMBER: AB 2608	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 10721 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to health care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2608, as introduced, Bonilla. State Department of Health Care
Services: administration.
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and
under which qualified low-income persons receive health care
benefits. Existing law requires the Director of Health Care Services
to administer various programs relating to the delivery of health
care services and medical assistance, including the Medi-Cal program.

   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   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.  Section 10721 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   10721.  The director shall administer Chapter 7 (commencing with
Section 14000) and Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200) of Part
3  of this division  and any other law pertaining to
the administration of health care services and medical assistance.
He  or she  shall perform  such  other
duties as may be prescribed by law and shall observe and report to
the Secretary of  California  Health and  Welfare
  Human Services  and the Governor on the condition
of health care services and medical assistance throughout the state
 .