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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

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• § 15204.35 — (a) The State Department of Social Services shall work with representatives of county human services agencies and the County Welfare Directors Association of California to develop recommendations for
• § 15204.4 — In addition to the funds received under Section 15204.
• § 15204.5 — The department shall establish and maintain a plan whereby costs for county administration of the payment of aid grants under this part will be effectively controlled within the amounts annually appro
• § 15204.6 — (a) Contingent upon a Budget Act appropriation, a Pay for Performance Program shall provide additional funding for counties that meet the standards developed according to subdivision (c) in their welf
• § 15204.8 — (a) The Legislature may appropriate annually in the Budget Act funds to support services provided pursuant to Sections 11325.
• § 15204.9 — (a) Prior to the 2011–12 fiscal year, the state shall pay 70 percent of the nonfederal administrative costs of administering the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Foster Care program under Artic
• § 15205 — Notwithstanding the other provisions of this article, there shall be deducted from the moneys appropriated to each county under this article a sum equal to the state and county shares of the public as
• § 15206 — The department is hereby authorized to establish those administrative support positions necessary to carry out the provisions of Chapter 924 of the Statutes of 1975.
• § 15207 — The county shall estimate the social security increases for the month of October and such estimated increase shall be taken into consideration in determining eligibility for and the amount of the Octo
• § 153 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to do either of the following: (a) Supersede or in any way limit existing authority of the Department of Justice over fundraising for charitable purposes.
• § 15300 — The Legislature finds that: (a) Elderly persons, like any other persons, prefer to remain in their own homes rather than in dependent living situations, including long-term care facilities.
• § 15301 — The purpose of this chapter is to use on an experimental pilot project basis, two model supportive care projects supervised by the State Department of Aging.
• § 15325 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 15350 — The projects shall specifically delineate the scope and nature of services to be offered to participants.
• § 15351 — Projects may offer day care centers providing necessary meals, personal care and therapeutic activities.
• § 15352 — Supportive care organization services shall be made available as needed.
• § 15375 — Projects shall establish eligibility criteria in order that a mix is obtained which will include both short-term and long-term participants who will make maximum use of the projects’ resources.
• § 15376 — Participants shall be charged on a sliding-fee scale basis which is reasonably related to ability to pay.
• § 15377 — No copayment charges shall be imposed upon Medi-Cal enrollees.
• § 15400 — The supportive care organization shall make a concerted effort to employ persons over the age of 40 when such qualified personnel are available.
• § 15401 — The project shall provide a single standard record for each participant, and shall cooperate with subcontractors and providers of noncovered services to maintain a complete unit record for each partic
• § 15402 — The projects shall provide to the department and to the participants such statistical information regarding utilization of services, age and sex, specific mortality and morbidity rates, patient discom
• § 15403 — The projects shall establish procedures for continuous review of utilization and cost of services.
• § 15404 — Participation in a supportive care project plan shall be voluntary and the project shall not use false advertising or any other form of coercion to induce enrollment.
• § 15405 — A participant grievance procedure must be established by the project through which an aggrieved participant may submit his complaint to the project which will hear and take action on the complaint.
• § 15406 — If the participant is not satisfied with the project’s disposition of his grievance, he may appeal the project’s decision to the department.
• § 15450 — The department shall request such waivers as are necessary for the use of health care moneys provided under Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act from the Department of Health, Education and
• § 15451 — Only federal funds may be used for the purposes of this chapter.
• § 15500 — Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 15501 — “Supplemental food” means commodities specifically made available by the United States Department of Agriculture for persons in low-income groups vulnerable to malnutrition.
• § 15502 — “Groups vulnerable to malnutrition” means women during and for 12 months after pregnancy, infants through 12 months, and preschool children 1 year through 5 years.
• § 15503 — Persons from low-income groups include the following: (a) Persons receiving medical assistance under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of this part.
• § 15504 — Public social services as defined in Section 10051 also includes the supplemental food program provided in this chapter.
• § 15510 — The director shall administer the provisions of this chapter and shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
• § 15511 — The county welfare department shall carry out the local administrative responsibilities of this chapter, subject to the supervision of the department and to rules and regulations adopted by the depart
• § 15512 — Application for supplemental food shall be made to the county welfare agency who shall determine program eligibility.
• § 15513 — The county welfare department shall contract with the local health department to determine the need of eligible persons for the nutrients in supplemental food and the local health department shall iss
• § 15514 — The California State Education Agency for Surplus Property shall procure, store, handle, and dispose of supplemental food under rules and regulations of the department established pursuant to this cha
• § 15520 — The department shall pay the nonfederal share of the administration of program pursuant to this chapter.
• § 15525 — (a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish a Work Incentive Nutritional Supplement (WINS) program pursuant to this section.
• § 15600 — (a) The Legislature recognizes that elders and dependent adults may be subjected to abuse, neglect, or abandonment and that this state has a responsibility to protect these persons.
• § 15601 — The purposes of this act are to: (a) Require health practitioners, care custodians, clergy members, and employees of county adult protective services agencies and local law enforcement agencies to rep
• § 15610 — The definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise.
• § 15610.02 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The adult protective services program (program), established by the Legislature as a statewide program in 1998, is a critical component
• § 15610.05 — “Abandonment” means the desertion or willful forsaking of an elder or a dependent adult by anyone having care or custody of that person under circumstances in which a reasonable person would continue
• § 15610.06 — “Abduction” means the removal from this state and the restraint from returning to this state, or the restraint from returning to this state, of any elder or dependent adult who does not have the capac
• § 15610.07 — (a) “Abuse of an elder or a dependent adult” means any of the following: (1) Physical abuse, neglect, abandonment, isolation, abduction, or other treatment with resulting physical harm or pain or ment
• § 15610.10 — “Adult protective services” means those activities performed on behalf of elders and dependent adults who have come to the attention of the adult protective services agency due to potential abuse or n
• § 15610.13 — “Adult protective services agency” means a county welfare department, except persons who do not work directly with elders or dependent adults as part of their official duties, including members of sup
• § 15610.15 — “Division” means the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse within the office of the Attorney General.
• § 15610.17 — “Care custodian” means an administrator or an employee of any of the following public or private facilities or agencies, or persons providing care or services for elders or dependent adults, including
• § 15610.19 — “Clergy member” means a priest, minister, rabbi, religious practitioner, or similar functionary of a church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or recognized religious denomination or organization.
• § 15610.20 — “Clients’ rights advocate” means the individual or individuals assigned by a regional center or state hospital developmental center to be responsible for clients’ rights assurance for persons with dev
• § 15610.23 — (a) “Dependent adult” means a person, regardless of whether the person lives independently, between the ages of 18 and 64 years who resides in this state and who has physical or mental limitations tha
• § 15610.25 — “Developmentally disabled person” means a person with a developmental disability specified by or as described in subdivision (a) of Section 4512.
• § 15610.27 — “Elder” means any person residing in this state, 65 years of age or older.
• § 15610.30 — (a) “Financial abuse” of an elder or dependent adult occurs when a person or entity does any of the following: (1) Takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains real or personal property of an el
• § 15610.35 — “Goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm or mental suffering” include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) The provision of medical care for physical and mental health needs.
• § 15610.37 — “Health practitioner” means a physician and surgeon, psychiatrist, psychologist, dentist, resident, intern, podiatrist, chiropractor, registered nurse, dental hygienist, licensed clinical social worke
• § 15610.39 — “Imminent danger” means a substantial probability that an elder or dependent adult is in imminent or immediate risk of death or serious physical harm, through either his or her own action or inaction,
• § 15610.40 — “Investigation” means that activity undertaken to determine the validity of a report of elder or dependent adult abuse.
• § 15610.43 — (a) “Isolation” means any of the following: (1) Acts intentionally committed for the purpose of preventing, and that do serve to prevent, an elder or dependent adult from receiving his or her mail or
• § 15610.45 — “Local law enforcement agency” means a city police or county sheriff’s department, or a county probation department, except persons who do not work directly with elders or dependent adults as part of
• § 15610.47 — “Long-term care facility” means any of the following: (a) Any long-term health care facility, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1418 of the Health and Safety Code.
• § 15610.50 — “Long-term care ombudsman” means the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, local ombudsman coordinators, and other persons currently certified as ombudsmen by the Department of Aging as described in Chapter
• § 15610.53 — “Mental suffering” means fear, agitation, confusion, severe depression, or other forms of serious emotional distress that is brought about by forms of intimidating behavior, threats, harassment, or by
• § 15610.55 — (a) “Multidisciplinary personnel team” means any team of two or more persons who are trained in the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of abuse of elderly or dependent adults and who
• § 15610.57 — (a) “Neglect” means either of the following: (1) The negligent failure of any person having the care or custody of an elder or a dependent adult to exercise that degree of care that a reasonable perso
• § 15610.60 — “Patients’ rights advocate” means a person who has no direct or indirect clinical or administrative responsibility for the patient, and who is responsible for ensuring that laws, regulations, and poli
• § 15610.63 — “Physical abuse” means any of the following: (a) Assault, as defined in Section 240 of the Penal Code.
• § 15610.65 — “Reasonable suspicion” means an objectively reasonable suspicion that a person would entertain, based upon facts that could cause a reasonable person in a like position, drawing when appropriate upon
• § 15610.67 — “Serious bodily injury” means an injury involving extreme physical pain, substantial risk of death, or protracted loss or impairment of function of a bodily member, organ, or of mental faculty, or req
• § 15610.70 — (a) “Undue influence” means excessive persuasion that causes another person to act or refrain from acting by overcoming that person’s free will and results in inequity.
• § 15630 — (a) A person who has assumed full or intermittent responsibility for the care or custody of an elder or dependent adult, whether or not they receive compensation, including administrators, supervisors
• § 15630.1 — (a) As used in this section, “mandated reporter of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult” means all officers and employees of financial institutions.
• § 15630.2 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following definitions: (1) “Financial abuse” has the same meaning as in Section 15610.
• § 15631 — (a) Any person who is not a mandated reporter under Section 15630, who knows, or reasonably suspects, that an elder or a dependent adult has been the victim of abuse may report that abuse to a long-te
• § 15632 — (a) In any court proceeding or administrative hearing, neither the physician-patient privilege nor the psychotherapist-patient privilege applies to the specific information reported pursuant to this c
• § 15633 — (a) The reports made pursuant to Sections 15630, 15630.
• § 15633.5 — (a) (1) Information relevant to the incident of elder or dependent adult abuse shall be given to an investigator from an adult protective services agency, a local law enforcement agency, the office of
• § 15634 — (a) No care custodian, clergy member, health practitioner, mandated reporter of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult, or employee of an adult protective services agency or a local
• § 15636 — (a) Any victim of elder or dependent adult abuse may refuse or withdraw consent at any time to an investigation or the provision of protective services by an adult protective services agency or long-t
• § 15637 — In any court proceeding or administrative hearing, neither the physician-patient privilege nor the psychotherapist-patient privilege applies to the specific information required to be reported pursuan
• § 15640 — (a) (1) An adult protective services agency shall immediately, or as soon as practically possible, report by telephone to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the case any known or susp
• § 15650 — (a) Investigation of reports of known or suspected instances of abuse in long-term care facilities shall be the responsibility of the division, the local law enforcement agency, and the long-term care
• § 15651 — County adult protective service agencies and the Home Safe Program, as established in Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 15770), may refer individuals with complex or intensive needs to the appropria
• § 15653 — (a) Minimum guidelines for use by county adult protective services agencies in determining when an investigation of abuse is warranted shall be maintained by the State Department of Social Services in
• § 15653.5 — Training for determining when to refer for possible criminal prosecution a report of a known or suspected instance of abuse that occurred in a long-term care facility shall be included in the training
• § 15654 — (a) As described in subdivision (h) of Section 12528 of the Government Code, the division shall offer training programs to local law enforcement and prosecutorial personnel in investigating and prosec
• § 15655 — (a) (1) Each long-term health care facility, as defined in Section 1418 of the Health and Safety Code, community care facility, as defined in Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code, or residential
• § 15655.5 — A county adult protective services agency shall provide the organizations listed in subdivisions (v), (w), and (x) of Section 15610.
• § 15656 — (a) Any person who knows or reasonably should know that a person is an elder or dependent adult and who, under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully cause
• § 15657 — If it is proven by clear and convincing evidence, or by a preponderance of the evidence pursuant to Section 15657.
• § 15657.01 — Notwithstanding Section 483.
• § 15657.02 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the court may determine the standard of evidence in any claim for remedies sought under Section 15657 to be a preponderance of the evidence under either of the f
• § 15657.03 — (a) (1) An elder or dependent adult who has suffered abuse, as defined in Section 15610.
• § 15657.04 — (a) The court shall order that any party enjoined pursuant to Section 15657.
• § 15657.05 — Where it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that an individual is liable for abduction, as defined in Section 15610.
• § 15657.1 — The award of attorney’s fees pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 15657 shall be based on all factors relevant to the value of the services rendered, including, but not limited to, the factors set f
• § 15657.2 — Notwithstanding this article, any cause of action for injury or damage against a health care provider, as defined in Section 340.
• § 15657.3 — (a) The department of the superior court having jurisdiction over probate conservatorships shall also have concurrent jurisdiction over civil actions and proceedings involving a claim for relief arisi
• § 15657.5 — (a) Where it is proven by a preponderance of the evidence that a defendant is liable for financial abuse, as defined in Section 15610.
• § 15657.6 — A person or entity that takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains, or assists in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining the real or personal property of an elder or depende
• § 15657.7 — An action for damages pursuant to Sections 15657.
• § 15657.8 — (a) An agreement to settle a civil action for physical abuse, as defined in Section 15610.
• § 15658 — (a) A written abuse report, as required by this chapter, shall be submitted in one of the following ways: (1) On a form adopted by the State Department of Social Services after consultation with repre
• § 15659 — (a) Any person who enters into employment on or after January 1, 1995, as a care custodian, clergy member, health practitioner, or with an adult protective services agency or a local law enforcement a
• § 15660 — (a) The Department of Justice shall secure any criminal record of a person to determine whether the person has ever been convicted of a violation or attempted violation of Section 243.
• § 15670 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Instances of elder and dependent adult abuse are on the rise, with the majority of the abuse occurring in the home of elderly or dependent
• § 15671 — (a) All initial certified nurse assistant and certified home health aide applicants, shall as a requirement for certification, undergo a criminal background check pursuant to Section 1338.
• § 15673 — Home health aides certified prior to July 1, 1998, shall, as a condition of renewal of their certificates, undergo a criminal background check pursuant to Section 1736.
• § 15675 — (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Department of Justice shall make available to the State Department of Health Services, at no cost, access to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunicatio
• § 15700 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Elder and dependent adults may be subjected to abuse, neglect, or abandonment, and that this state has a responsibility to protect thos
• § 15701 — The definitions contained in this article and Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 15600) shall govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 15701.05 — “Appropriate temporary residence” means any of the following: (a) A home or dwelling belonging to a member of the endangered adult’s family or next of kin, if it would not constitute a risk to the end
• § 15701.25 — “Endangered adult” means a dependent or elder adult who is at immediate risk of serious injury or death, due to suspected abuse or neglect and who demonstrates the inability to take action to protect
• § 15701.4 — “Appropriate temporary protective services” means those services provided to ensure that the endangered adult is protected from the immediate risk of serious injury or death due to suspected abuse or
• § 15703 — (a) When, from personal observation, an authorized state or local law enforcement officer or designated employee of a county department of social services or mental health determines that an adult is
• § 15703.05 — Whether or not medical treatment is required, a physician treating an adult may, if he or she determines that the person is an endangered adult, delay the release of the endangered adult until a local
• § 15703.1 — (a) Temporary emergency protective custody under this chapter shall not exceed a period commencing at the time the endangered adult has been taken into protective custody to the first court day commen
• § 15705 — (a) A designated county agency shall initiate an investigation and file a petition for issuance of an emergency protective services order within 24 hours after the endangered adult has been taken into
• § 15705.05 — If, as a result of the preliminary hearing, the court determines that probable cause does not exist to continue temporary emergency protective custody, the adult shall be released from temporary prote
• § 15705.1 — If, as a result of the preliminary hearing, the court determines that probable cause continues to exist for temporary emergency protective custody, the court may issue an order authorizing the provisi
• § 15705.15 — In issuing an emergency order under this article, the court shall adhere to all of the following limitations: (a) Only those protective services that are necessary to remove the conditions creating th
• § 15705.2 — A petition for an emergency order under this article shall set forth all of the following information: (a) The name, address, and interest of the petitioner.
• § 15705.25 — (a) Notice of the filing of a petition for an emergency order shall be given, in language as understandable by the endangered adult as reasonably possible, at least 24 hours prior to the hearing on th
• § 15705.30 — The hearing on a petition for an emergency order under this article shall be held under all of the following conditions: (a) The person with respect to whom an emergency order is sought shall be prese
• § 15705.35 — Before any law enforcement agency may implement this article, including the taking of any person into protective custody pursuant to Section 15703, the law enforcement agency shall enter into a signed
• § 15705.37 — This chapter shall be operative in a county only if the county board of supervisors has adopted a resolution to make this chapter operative in that county.
• § 15705.40 — This article shall not be used to circumvent the involuntary commitment process provided for pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 5150) of Part 1 of Division 5.
• § 15750 — (a) The definitions contained in Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 15600) shall govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 15751 — Each county welfare department shall establish and support a system of protective services to elderly and dependent adults who may be subjected to neglect, abuse, or exploitation, or who are unable to
• § 15752 — Each county shall establish and maintain a specialized entity within the county welfare department which shall have lead responsibility for the operation of the adult protective services program.
• § 15753 — The department shall, to the extent funding for this purpose remains with the department, establish one full-time position that reports to the director to assist counties with the following functions
• § 15754 — (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law governing the disclosure of information and records, persons who are trained and qualified to serve on multidisciplinary personnel teams may disclose to one an
• § 15755 — A law enforcement agency may seek a search warrant from a magistrate pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1523) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code to enable
• § 15760 — Adult protective services shall include investigations, needs assessments, remedial and preventive social work activities; the necessary tangible resources such as food, transportation, emergency shel
• § 15762 — When an allegation of abuse of an elder or dependent adult is reported to a county designated adult protective service agency and an agency social worker has reason to believe an elder or dependent ad
• § 15763 — (a) Each county shall establish an emergency response adult protective services program that shall provide in-person response, 24 hours per day, seven days per week, to reports of abuse of an elder or
• § 15764 — Notwithstanding Section 10101.
• § 15765 — This chapter shall become operative on May 1, 1999.
• § 15766 — The investigation of allegations of elder and dependent adult abuse pursuant to this chapter, and the case management of elder and dependent adult abuse cases shall be performed by county merit system
• § 15767 — (a) The department, in consultation with representatives from the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the California Elder Justice Coalition, and other relevant stakeholders, shall con
• § 15768 — (a) The department shall select and award grants to private nonprofit or public entities for the purpose of establishing a statewide multipurpose adult protective services workforce development and tr
• § 15770 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Adult protective services” means any of the following: (1) The same meaning as defined in Section 15610.
• § 15771 — (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the department shall award grants to counties, tribes, or groups of counties or tribes, that provide services to old
• § 15800 — (a) (1) Commencing October 1, 2013, the State Department of Health Care Services shall administer the AIM-Linked Infants Program to address the health care needs of children formerly covered pursuant
• § 15801 — (a) The terms of all regulations and orders adopted by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board in effect preceding July 1, 2014, that relate to the operation of the program and to the children transf
• § 15802 — (a) The State Department of Health Care Services may issue rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this part.
• § 15802.5 — Effective on July 1, 2014, all permanent or probationary civil service employees who are employed by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board shall be transferred to the State Department of Health Car
• § 15803 — (a) To implement this part and clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 12693.
• § 15804 — On October 1, 2013, or when the State Department of Health Care Services has implemented Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15810), whichever occurs later, the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board sha
• § 15805 — (a) (1) The Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board shall provide the State Department of Health Care Services any data, information, or record concerning the Healthy Families Program or the Access for I
• § 15806 — (a) A contract, lease, license, bond, or any other agreement to which the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board is a party is not void or voidable by reason of the act that added this section, but shal
• § 15810 — (a) This chapter, formerly known as the AIM-Linked Infants Program, shall be known, and may be cited, as the Medi-Cal Access Program.
• § 15811 — (a) The definitions contained in this section govern the construction of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise.
• § 15814 — (a) The department, in coordination with the California Tobacco Control Program of the State Department of Public Health, shall develop protocols relating to health education for tobacco use to the ex
• § 15818 — (a) Each participating health plan contracting with the department pursuant to this chapter shall provide health education services related to tobacco use to all program participants to the extent nec
• § 15822 — Health care services under the program shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Preventive, screening, diagnostic, and treatment services furnished directly by a licensed clini
• § 15824 — To the extent permitted by federal law, services for individuals eligible under this chapter shall be provided, at the department’s discretion and to the extent the department determines the selected
• § 15826 — (a) The department shall administer the program and may do all of the following: (1) Determine eligibility criteria for the program.
• § 15827 — (a) The department shall administer the program in a manner that ensures that program expenditures do not exceed amounts available in the fund.
• § 15828 — The department shall coordinate with other state agencies, as appropriate, to help ensure continuity of health care services.
• § 15830 — (a) The department may contract with a variety of health plans and types of health care service delivery systems in order to offer subscribers a choice of plans, providers, and types of service delive
• § 15832 — (a) To be eligible to participate in the program, a person shall meet all of the requirements in either paragraph (1) or (2): (1) (A) Be pregnant or in the postpartum period as specified in Section 15
• § 15833 — (a) A person eligible pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 15832 shall not be eligible to participate in the program if, at the time of application, she is eligible for Medi-Cal wit
• § 15834 — A person shall not be eligible for covered services under the program if those services are covered through private health care coverage arrangements at the time of eligibility.
• § 15835 — (a) Subscribers enrolled pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 15832 shall not be disenrolled for failure to pay subscriber contributions.
• § 15836 — (a) If a subscriber is dissatisfied with any action, or failure to act, that has occurred in connection with eligibility or covered services under this chapter, the subscriber may appeal to the depart
• § 15838 — (a) A provider who is furnished documentation of a subscriber’s enrollment in the program shall not seek reimbursement or attempt to obtain payment for any covered services provided to that subscriber
• § 15839 — (a) Services that would be covered under the program that are provided to pregnant women who, after receiving those services, are subsequently determined to be eligible for coverage under this chapter
• § 15840 — (a) (1) At a minimum, coverage provided pursuant to this chapter shall be provided to subscribers during one pregnancy, and until the end of the month in which the 60th day after pregnancy occurs, and
• § 15841 — (a) Through its courts, statutes, and under its Constitution, California protects a woman’s right to reproductive privacy.
• § 15842 — Notwithstanding any other law, for a subscriber who is determined by the California Children’s Services Program to be eligible for benefits under the program pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Sec
• § 15844 — A child enrolled in the program under this chapter who has a medical condition that is eligible for services pursuant to the California Children’s Services Program, and whose family is not financially
• § 15846 — The department shall encourage all providers who provide services under the program to have viable protocols for screening and referring children needing supplemental services outside of the scope of
• § 15847 — (a) It shall constitute unfair competition for purposes of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code for an insurer, an insurance agent or
• § 15847.3 — (a) It shall constitute an unfair labor practice contrary to public policy, and enforceable under Section 95 of the Labor Code, for any employer to refer an individual employee or employee’s dependent
• § 15847.5 — (a) It shall constitute an unfair labor practice contrary to public policy and enforceable under Section 95 of the Labor Code for any employer to change the employee-employer share-of-cost ratio or to
• § 15847.7 — (a) For purposes of Sections 15847, 15847.
• § 15848 — (a) The Perinatal Insurance Fund is continued in existence in the State Treasury under the administration of the department.
• § 15848.5 — (a) The department shall authorize the expenditure of money in the fund to cover program expenses, including program expenses that exceed subscriber contributions.
• § 15849 — (a) Effective July 1, 2022, to the extent allowable under federal law, notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the department may elect not to impose subscriber contributions f
• § 15850 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the County Children’s Health Initiative Program (CCHIP).
• § 15850.1 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Administrative costs” means those expenses that are described in Section 1397ee(a)(1)(D) of Title 42 of the United States Code
• § 15850.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as provided in subdivision (b), each applicant who was participating in CCHIP, formerly known as the County Health Initiative Matching Fund, on March 23, 2010
• § 15852 — (a) The County Health Initiative Matching Fund is hereby continued in existence within the State Treasury.
• § 15853 — (a) (1) An applicant that will provide an intergovernmental transfer may submit a proposal to the department for funding for the purpose of providing comprehensive health insurance coverage to any chi
• § 15854 — (a) The department, in consultation with other appropriate parties, shall establish the criteria for evaluating an applicant’s proposal, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1)
• § 15854.5 — (a) Effective July 1, 2022, to the extent allowable under federal law, and notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the department may elect not to impose subscriber contributio
• § 15855 — The department shall review each funding proposal submitted by an applicant in accordance with the criteria described in Section 15854 and based on that criteria, approve or reject the proposal.
• § 15856 — (a) Upon its approval of a proposal that shall include any allowable amount of federal funds under Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.
• § 15857 — Each health care service plan, specialized health care service plan, and health insurer that contracts to provide health care benefits under this chapter shall be licensed by the Department of Managed
• § 15858 — (a) The department shall administer the provisions of this chapter and may do all of the following: (1) Administer the expenditure of moneys from the fund.
• § 15859 — All expenses incurred by the department in administering this chapter, including, but not limited to, expenses for developing standards and processes to implement any of the provisions of this chapter
• § 15860 — Nothing in this chapter creates a right or an entitlement to the provision of health insurance coverage or health care benefits.
• § 15861 — To the extent necessary to obtain federal financial participation for projects approved pursuant to this chapter, the department shall apply for one or more waivers or shall file state plan amendments