BILL NUMBER: AB 1606INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Coto JANUARY 6, 2010 An act to add Section 14132.07 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1606, as introduced, Coto. Medi-Cal: Standford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. This bill would require the department to seek, and if obtained, to implement all federal waivers necessary to allow for the services provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries pursuant to the Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, as defined, to be reimbursable under the Medi-Cal program. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 14132.07 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read: 14132.07. (a) For purposes of this section, the "Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program" means a course developed and licensed by Stanford University to assist individuals with chronic disease. (b) The department shall seek, and if obtained, to implement all federal waivers necessary to allow for the services provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries pursuant to the Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program to be reimbursable under the Medi-Cal program.