CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3215Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2024 An act relating to Medi-Cal. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3215, as introduced, Soria. Medi-Cal: mental health services for children.Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, and 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, specialty mental health services include federal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services provided to eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries under 21 years of age.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand access to behavioral mental health services to children receiving Medi-Cal benefits.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 expand access to behavioral mental health services to children receiving Medi-Cal benefits.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3215Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2024 An act relating to Medi-Cal. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3215, as introduced, Soria. Medi-Cal: mental health services for children.Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, and 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, specialty mental health services include federal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services provided to eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries under 21 years of age.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand access to behavioral mental health services to children receiving Medi-Cal benefits.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 3215
Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Soria
February 16, 2024
An act relating to Medi-Cal.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3215, as introduced, Soria. Medi-Cal: mental health services for children.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, and 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, specialty mental health services include federal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services provided to eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries under 21 years of age.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand access to behavioral mental health services to children receiving Medi-Cal benefits.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, and 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, specialty mental health services include federal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services provided to eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries under 21 years of age.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand access to behavioral mental health services to children receiving Medi-Cal benefits.
## 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 expand access to behavioral mental health services to children receiving Medi-Cal benefits.
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 expand access to behavioral mental health services to children receiving Medi-Cal benefits.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand access to behavioral mental health services to children receiving Medi-Cal benefits.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand access to behavioral mental health services to children receiving Medi-Cal benefits.
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