BILL NUMBER: AB 511INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member De La Torre FEBRUARY 24, 2009 An act relating to Medi-Cal. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 511, as introduced, De La Torre. Medi-Cal: ambulance providers: quality assurance fees. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. Existing law establishes a quality assurance fee program for skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities, as prescribed. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the State Department of Health Care Services to establish a quality assurance fee program for ambulance providers within the Medi-Cal program. 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 require the State Department of Health Care Services to establish a quality assurance fee program for ambulance providers within the Medi-Cal program.