BILL NUMBER: SB 732INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Alquist FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 732, as introduced, Alquist. Medi-Cal reimbursement: Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services, including intermediate care facility services for persons with developmental disabilities, are provided to qualified low-income persons. Existing law prescribes procedures for Medi-Cal reimbursement at these facilities. Existing law requires that, as a condition of Medi-Cal program participation, and subject to federal approval, there be imposed a quality assurance fee on designated intermediate care facilities, with the moneys collected from these fees to be used for specified purposes under the Medi-Cal program to support quality improvement of intermediate care facilities, as prescribed. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to those provisions. 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 relating to the provisions of the Medi-Cal Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act (Article 3.8 (commencing with Section 14126) of Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code) and the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Fee (Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 1324) of Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code).