BILL NUMBER: AB 859INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Medina FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act relating to Medi-Cal. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 859, as introduced, Medina. Medi-Cal: obesity treatment plans. 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. Existing law specifies the benefits provided pursuant to the program. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide beneficiaries in the Medi-Cal program who have been diagnosed by a physician and surgeon as obese or morbidly obese with a comprehensive obesity treatment plan. 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 to provide beneficiaries in the Medi-Cal program who have been diagnosed by a physician and surgeon as obese or morbidly obese with a comprehensive obesity treatment plan.