Amended in Assembly March 18, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1644

Introduced by Assembly Member Medina

February 11, 2014

An act to begin delete amend Section 14124.23 of, and to end delete add Section 14124.27 begin delete to, end delete begin insert to end insert the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1644, as amended, Medina. Medi-Cal: Drug Medi-Cal Program providers.

Existing law provides for the Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) Treatment Program, under which counties enter into contracts with the State Department of Health Care Services for providing various drug treatment services to Medi-Cal recipients, or the department directly contracts for those services if a county elects not to do so.

This bill would require a county or the department, before contracting with a certified DMC provider, to obtain criminal background information to determine if the owner has been convicted of a begin delete felony or a end delete crime involving fraud and to request subsequent arrest notification for those crimes. begin delete The bill would also limit the term of contracts with DMC providers to a maximum of 2 years. end delete

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 14124.23 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code is amended to read:

14124.23.  

(a) The department may enter into contracts for the
procurement of services to assist the department in administering
the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program.

(b) In no case shall a contract with a Drug Medi-Cal Treatment
Program provider be for a term exceeding two years.

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Section 14124.27 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:

14124.27.  

(a) A county or the department, before contracting
with a certified Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) provider, shall obtain state
summary criminal history information from the Department of
Justice for the DMC provider’s owner to determine if the owner
has been convicted of begin delete a felony or end delete any begin delete other end delete crime involving fraud.

(b) The owner of the DMC provider shall submit fingerprint
images and related information to the Department of Justice for
purposes of obtaining information as to the existence and content
of a record of state or federal convictions, and state or federal
arrests for which the Department of Justice establishes that the
person is free on bail or on his or her own recognizance pending
trial or appeal. The Department of Justice shall review the available
information and compile and disseminate a response to the county
or the department, as appropriate, pursuant to Section 11105 of
the Penal Code.

(c) The county or department contracting with the DMC provider
shall request subsequent arrest notification service from the
Department of Justice, as provided under Section 11105.2 of the
Penal Code, for the owner of the DMC provider for begin delete felonies and end delete
crimes involving fraud.