CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2601Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner Horvath(Coauthor: Assembly Member Waldron)February 20, 2020 An act relating to health care services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2601, as introduced, Boerner Horvath. Health care services: County of San Diego.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 provides for various benefits under the Medi-Cal program, including substance use disorder treatment and mental health services that are delivered through the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program, the Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery system, and the Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services Program.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide state funding for a pilot program in the County of San Diego to establish a unit of care coordinators whose responsibility will be to manage all of the details of a patients care to facilitate continued access to services and improve the quality of medical and mental health service delivery. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide state funding for a pilot program in the County of San Diego to establish a unit of care coordinators whose responsibility will be to manage all of the details of a patients care to facilitate continued access to services and improve the quality of medical and mental health service delivery. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2601Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner Horvath(Coauthor: Assembly Member Waldron)February 20, 2020 An act relating to health care services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2601, as introduced, Boerner Horvath. Health care services: County of San Diego.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 provides for various benefits under the Medi-Cal program, including substance use disorder treatment and mental health services that are delivered through the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program, the Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery system, and the Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services Program.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide state funding for a pilot program in the County of San Diego to establish a unit of care coordinators whose responsibility will be to manage all of the details of a patients care to facilitate continued access to services and improve the quality of medical and mental health service delivery. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2601 Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner Horvath(Coauthor: Assembly Member Waldron)February 20, 2020 Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner Horvath(Coauthor: Assembly Member Waldron) February 20, 2020 An act relating to health care services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2601, as introduced, Boerner Horvath. Health care services: County of San Diego. 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 provides for various benefits under the Medi-Cal program, including substance use disorder treatment and mental health services that are delivered through the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program, the Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery system, and the Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services Program.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide state funding for a pilot program in the County of San Diego to establish a unit of care coordinators whose responsibility will be to manage all of the details of a patients care to facilitate continued access to services and improve the quality of medical and mental health service delivery. 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 provides for various benefits under the Medi-Cal program, including substance use disorder treatment and mental health services that are delivered through the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program, the Drug Medi-Cal organized delivery system, and the Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services Program. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide state funding for a pilot program in the County of San Diego to establish a unit of care coordinators whose responsibility will be to manage all of the details of a patients care to facilitate continued access to services and improve the quality of medical and mental health service delivery. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text 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 state funding for a pilot program in the County of San Diego to establish a unit of care coordinators whose responsibility will be to manage all of the details of a patients care to facilitate continued access to services and improve the quality of medical and mental health service delivery. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## 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 state funding for a pilot program in the County of San Diego to establish a unit of care coordinators whose responsibility will be to manage all of the details of a patients care to facilitate continued access to services and improve the quality of medical and mental health service delivery. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide state funding for a pilot program in the County of San Diego to establish a unit of care coordinators whose responsibility will be to manage all of the details of a patients care to facilitate continued access to services and improve the quality of medical and mental health service delivery. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide state funding for a pilot program in the County of San Diego to establish a unit of care coordinators whose responsibility will be to manage all of the details of a patients care to facilitate continued access to services and improve the quality of medical and mental health service delivery. ### SECTION 1.