CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 675Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-ThomasFebruary 15, 2017 An act relating to Medi-Cal, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 675, as introduced, Ridley-Thomas. Medi-Cal: in-home supportive services: funding.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 by, and funded pursuant to, federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law, the Coordinated Care Initiative, provides, among other things, that long-term services and supports, including in-home supportive services (IHSS), are a Medi-Cal benefit available through managed care health plans in specified counties.This bill would appropriate $650,000,000 from the General Fund to the department for the purpose of continuing to make IHSS available to Medi-Cal beneficiaries through Medi-Cal managed care health plans under the Coordinated Care Initiative.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The sum of six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Health Care Services for the purpose of continuing the provision of in-home supportive services as a benefit available through Medi-Cal managed care health plans in Coordinated Care Initiative counties pursuant to Section 14186.35 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 675Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-ThomasFebruary 15, 2017 An act relating to Medi-Cal, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 675, as introduced, Ridley-Thomas. Medi-Cal: in-home supportive services: funding.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 by, and funded pursuant to, federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law, the Coordinated Care Initiative, provides, among other things, that long-term services and supports, including in-home supportive services (IHSS), are a Medi-Cal benefit available through managed care health plans in specified counties.This bill would appropriate $650,000,000 from the General Fund to the department for the purpose of continuing to make IHSS available to Medi-Cal beneficiaries through Medi-Cal managed care health plans under the Coordinated Care Initiative.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 675
Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-ThomasFebruary 15, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas
February 15, 2017
An act relating to Medi-Cal, and making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 675, as introduced, Ridley-Thomas. Medi-Cal: in-home supportive services: funding.
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 by, and funded pursuant to, federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law, the Coordinated Care Initiative, provides, among other things, that long-term services and supports, including in-home supportive services (IHSS), are a Medi-Cal benefit available through managed care health plans in specified counties.This bill would appropriate $650,000,000 from the General Fund to the department for the purpose of continuing to make IHSS available to Medi-Cal beneficiaries through Medi-Cal managed care health plans under the Coordinated Care Initiative.
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 by, and funded pursuant to, federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law, the Coordinated Care Initiative, provides, among other things, that long-term services and supports, including in-home supportive services (IHSS), are a Medi-Cal benefit available through managed care health plans in specified counties.
This bill would appropriate $650,000,000 from the General Fund to the department for the purpose of continuing to make IHSS available to Medi-Cal beneficiaries through Medi-Cal managed care health plans under the Coordinated Care Initiative.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The sum of six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Health Care Services for the purpose of continuing the provision of in-home supportive services as a benefit available through Medi-Cal managed care health plans in Coordinated Care Initiative counties pursuant to Section 14186.35 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The sum of six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Health Care Services for the purpose of continuing the provision of in-home supportive services as a benefit available through Medi-Cal managed care health plans in Coordinated Care Initiative counties pursuant to Section 14186.35 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
SECTION 1. The sum of six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Health Care Services for the purpose of continuing the provision of in-home supportive services as a benefit available through Medi-Cal managed care health plans in Coordinated Care Initiative counties pursuant to Section 14186.35 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
SECTION 1. The sum of six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Health Care Services for the purpose of continuing the provision of in-home supportive services as a benefit available through Medi-Cal managed care health plans in Coordinated Care Initiative counties pursuant to Section 14186.35 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
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