BILL NUMBER:  AB 1263
  VETOED	DATE: 10/13/2013




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1263 without my signature.

The bill would require the Department of Health Care Services to
establish the CommuniCal program to certify and restructure current
interpreter services provided under Medi-Cal.

California has embarked on an unprecedented expansion to add more
than a million people to our Medi-Cal program. Given the challenges
and the many unknowns the state faces in this endeavor, I don't
believe it would be wise to introduce yet another complex element.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.