BILL NUMBER: SB 1452INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Wolk FEBRUARY 21, 2014 An act to add Section 14029.93 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1452, as introduced, Wolk. Medi-Cal: managed care. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. This bill would, to the extent permitted by federal law, provide that a Medi-Cal beneficiary for whom a conservator has been appointed under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act shall be exempt from mandatory enrollment in a managed care plan 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 14029.93 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read: 14029.93. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a Medi-Cal beneficiary for whom a conservator has been appointed under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 5) shall be exempt from mandatory enrollment in a managed care plan under the Medi-Cal program. (b) This section shall be implemented only to the extent permitted by federal law.