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• § 14042.1 — (a) No earlier than January 1, 2018, the State Department of Health Care Services shall establish a Medically Tailored Meals Pilot Program to operate for a period of four years from the date the progr
• § 14042.2 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The Medi-Cal Managed Care Ombudsman helps resolve issues between Medi-Cal managed care members and health plans, assists members with managed
• § 14043 — In order to ensure the proper and efficient administration of the Medi-Cal program, every applicant, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 14043.
• § 14043.1 — As used in this article: (a) “Abuse” means either of the following: (1) Practices that are inconsistent with sound fiscal or business practices and result in unnecessary cost to the federal Medicaid a
• § 14043.15 — (a) The department may adopt regulations for certification of each applicant and each provider in the Medi-Cal program.
• § 14043.17 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, within 30 calendar days of receiving confirmation of certification for enrollment as a Medi-Cal provider for an affiliate primary care clinic that is licensed pursua
• § 14043.2 — (a) Whether or not regulations for certification are adopted under Section 14043.
• § 14043.25 — (a) The application form for enrollment, the provider agreement, and all attachments or changes to either, shall be signed under penalty of perjury.
• § 14043.26 — (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2004, an applicant that currently is not enrolled in the Medi-Cal program, or a provider applying for continued enrollment, upon written notification from the departmen
• § 14043.27 — (a) If an applicant or provider is granted provisional provider status or preferred provisional provider status pursuant to Section 14043.
• § 14043.28 — (a) (1) If an application package is denied under Section 14043.
• § 14043.29 — (a) If, at the end of the period for which provisional provider status or preferred provisional provider status was granted under Section 14043.
• § 14043.3 — A provider shall be required to reimburse those Medi-Cal funds received during any period for which material information was not reported, or reported falsely, to the department.
• § 14043.34 — (a) As a condition of a pharmacy’s participation in the Medi-Cal program, the pharmacy shall have in stock and regularly dispense prescription drugs.
• § 14043.341 — (a) Each provider that dispenses, as defined in Section 4024 of the Business and Professions Code, or that furnishes, as defined in Section 4026 of the Business and Professions Code, a controlled drug
• § 14043.35 — Sections 14043.
• § 14043.36 — (a) The department shall not enroll any applicant that has been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor involving fraud or abuse in any government program, or related to neglect or abuse of a patient i
• § 14043.37 — The department may complete a background check on applicants for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the information provided to the department for purposes of enrolling in the Medi-Cal program a
• § 14043.38 — (a) Provider types are designated as “limited,” “moderate,” or “high” categorical risk by the federal government in Section 424.
• § 14043.4 — If discrepancies are found to exist during the preenrollment period, the department may conduct additional inspections prior to enrollment.
• § 14043.45 — (a) Notwithstanding whether a National Provider Identification (NPI) number is required by the rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implementing the Health Insurance Portabil
• § 14043.46 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the effective date of the act adding this section, the department may implement a one-year moratorium on the certification and enrollment into the Me
• § 14043.47 — (a) A provider doing business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or professional corporation under Part 4 (commencing with Section 13400) of Division 3 of the Corporations Code or a rendering phys
• § 14043.5 — Subject to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department may enter into contracts to secure consultant services or information
• § 14043.51 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Department” means the State Department of Health Care Services.
• § 14043.55 — (a) The department may implement a 180-day moratorium on the enrollment of providers in a specific provider of service category, on a statewide basis or within a geographic area, except that no morato
• § 14043.6 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department shall automatically suspend, as a provider in the Medi-Cal program, any individual who, or any entity that, has a license, certificate, or oth
• § 14043.61 — (a) A provider shall be subject to suspension if claims for payment are submitted for the services, goods, supplies, or merchandise provided, directly or indirectly, to a Medi-Cal beneficiary, by an i
• § 14043.62 — (a) The department shall deactivate, immediately and without prior notice, the provider’s number, including all business addresses used by a provider to obtain reimbursement from the Medi-Cal program
• § 14043.65 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any applicant whose application for enrollment as a provider or whose certification is denied; or any provider who is denied continued enrollment or certification, o
• § 14043.7 — (a) The department may make unannounced visits to an applicant or to a provider for the purpose of determining whether enrollment, continued enrollment, or certification is warranted, or as necessary
• § 14043.75 — (a) The director may, in consultation with interested parties, by regulation, adopt, readopt, repeal, or amend additional measures to prevent or curtail fraud and abuse.
• § 14044 — (a) The department may limit, for 18 months or less, the American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology Fourth Edition (CPT-4) codes, the National Drug Codes (NDC), the Healthcare Commo
• § 14045 — (a) A provider shall not submit a reimbursement request to the Medi-Cal program containing a beneficiary’s social security number if the department has issued that beneficiary a Medi-Cal beneficiary i
• § 14045.10 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Peer providers in California provide individualized support, coaching, facilitation, and education to clients with mental health care needs
• § 14045.11 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the peer support specialist certification program, established under this article, achieve all of the following: (a) Support the ongoing provision of services
• § 14045.12 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Certification” means the activities related to the verification that an individual has met all of the requirements under this articl
• § 14045.13 — By July 1, 2022, subject to Section 14045.
• § 14045.14 — (a) Subject to department approval, a county, or an agency representing the county, may develop a peer support specialist certification program in accordance with this article and any standards establ
• § 14045.15 — (a) To receive a certification under this article, an applicant shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Be at least 18 years of age.
• § 14045.16 — This article does not authorize an individual who is certified pursuant to this article to diagnose an illness, prescribe medication, or provide clinical services.
• § 14045.17 — The department shall solicit stakeholder input that may include input from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, peer support and family organizations, mental health services and su
• § 14045.18 — A participating county, or an agency representing a participating county, is authorized to establish a certification fee schedule for the purpose of supporting the activities associated with the ongoi
• § 14045.19 — (a) The department shall seek any federal waivers it deems necessary to establish a demonstration or pilot project for the provision of peer support services in counties that agree to participate and
• § 14045.20 — For the purpose of implementing this article, the department may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts on a bid or negotiated basis, including contracts for the purpose of obtaining subject m
• § 14045.21 — Notwithstanding Chapter 3.
• § 14047 — (a) This article shall be known as the “Medi-Cal Conflict of Interest Law.
• § 14047.5 — A payment under this chapter shall not be made to a provider of services or to any facility or organization in which a provider of service or the immediate family of the provider of service has a sign
• § 14047.6 — (a) A state or local officer or employee who is responsible for the expenditure of substantial amounts of funds under Medi-Cal, an individual who formerly was such an officer or employee, or a partner
• § 14047.7 — This article shall remain in effect only until Section 1902(a)(4)(C) of the federal Social Security Act, as added by Public Law 95-559 is repealed, held invalid by a court of appeal, or otherwise made
• § 14050 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 14050.1 — For purposes of this chapter, “categorically needy person” means a person whose coverage is mandatory under Title XIX of the Social Security Act including, but not limited to, the individuals covered
• § 14050.2 — For the purposes of this chapter “aid” means financial assistance provided to or in behalf of needy persons under the provisions of Chapters 2 (commencing with Section 11200), 3 (commencing with Secti
• § 14050.3 — “A person in long-term care” means a person who is an inpatient in a medical facility for more than the month of admission who is expected to remain for the full month after the month of admission.
• § 14051 — (a) “Medically needy person” means any of the following: (1) An aged, blind, or disabled person who meets the definition of aged, blind, or disabled under the Supplemental Security Income program and
• § 14051.5 — (a) “Medically needy person” also means any person who receives in-home supportive services pursuant to Section 12305.
• § 14051.7 — “Post-eligibility treatment of income” means the determination of long-term care patient liability for each month in which the patient is described in Section 14050.
• § 14051.8 — “Long-term care patient liability” is the term given to the result of the post-eligibility treatment of income calculation under Section 14051.
• § 14052 — “State-only Medi-Cal person” means a person who resides in a nursing facility or any category of intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled, and who meets all of the following require
• § 14052.1 — “Cuban-Haitian entrant or refugee” means a person eligible under the Cuban-Haitian Entrant Program or Refugee Resettlement Program, as defined in federal regulations.
• § 14053 — (a) The term “health care services” means the benefits set forth in Article 4 (commencing with Section 14131) of this chapter and in Section 14021.
• § 14053.1 — Notwithstanding Section 14053, ancillary outpatient services, pursuant to Section 14132, for any eligible individual who is 21 years of age or over, and has not attained 65 years of age and who is a p
• § 14053.3 — (a) Except as provided under federal law, federal financial participation reimbursement is not allowed for ancillary services provided to persons residing in facilities that have been found to be inst
• § 14053.5 — For the purposes of the Medi-Cal Act, the terms “prescribed drug” and “prescription drug” shall not include any drug which, because of differing prices charged by the manufacturer on a discriminatory
• § 14053.6 — Prior to including or excluding any drug from the program, the director shall give adequate notice to those California associations of health professionals and those recognized national associations o
• § 14053.7 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and only to the extent that federal financial participation is available, the department may provide Medi-Cal eligibility and reimbursement for acute in
• § 14053.8 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall develop a process to allow counties to receive any available federal financial participation for acute inpatient hospital services and inpatient
• § 14053.9 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall develop a process to allow the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, or any successor, to
• § 14054 — (a) “Share of cost” or “spend down of excess income” means the amount of the costs of health care that a person or family eligible under Section 14005.
• § 14054.5 — “Elective services” means any treatment service which generally can be postponed without seriously affecting the health of the person requiring the service.
• § 14055 — (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “caretaker relative” means a relative of a dependent child by blood, adoption, or marriage with whom the child is living, who assumes primary responsibility for t
• § 14056 — “Minimum coverage” means prescribed drugs for public assistance recipients as established by the director, and care or coverage specified in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (10) of Section 140
• § 14057 — (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “insurance affordability program” means a program that is one of the following: (1) The state’s Medi-Cal program under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Ac
• § 14057.5 — “Contract hospital” means a nonprofit medical facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, with which the board of supervisors of
• § 14059 — Health care provided under this chapter may include diagnostic, preventive, corrective, and curative services and supplies essential thereto, provided by qualified medical and related personnel for co
• § 14059.5 — (a) For individuals 21 years of age or older, a service is “medically necessary” or a “medical necessity” when it is reasonable and necessary to protect life, to prevent significant illness or signifi
• § 14060 — Every recipient who is entitled to visual care under this chapter, which may be rendered either by an optometrist or a physician, may select a duly licensed member of either profession to render the s
• § 14061 — As used in this chapter, “director” means the State Director of Health Services.
• § 14062 — As used in this chapter, “department” means the State Department of Health Services.
• § 14063 — As used in this chapter, “Medi-Cal” means the California Medical Assistance Program.
• § 14064 — (a) Inpatient intensive rehabilitation hospital services shall consist of programs for: (1) Strengthening and training of selected muscle groups.
• § 14065 — As used in this chapter, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200), Chapter 8.
• § 14066 — As used in this chapter, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200), Chapter 8.
• § 14067 — (a) The department, in conjunction with the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, may develop and conduct a community outreach and education campaign to help families learn about, and apply for, Medi-
• § 14067.3 — (a) (1) The department may maintain an allocation program for the management and funding of county outreach and enrollment plans to enroll and retain eligible children in the Medi-Cal program and the
• § 14067.5 — The department shall encourage counties to outstation additional Medi-Cal eligibility workers in nontraditional sites, such as schools, private hospitals, clinics, mental health centers, sites providi
• § 14068 — In conducting outreach activities for the enrollment of special needs populations into a Medi-Cal managed care program, the department and its contractors, as deemed applicable by the department, shal
• § 14075 — The Legislature intends that Medi-Cal recipients have reasonable access to medical care services and especially to primary and maternity care services.
• § 14076 — As used in this article: (a) “Medically underserved area” means a county, standard metropolitan statistical area, or other area within the state in which the director determines that Medi-Cal recipien
• § 14077 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter the director shall establish, within 15 days of the effective date of this act a statewide, uniform schedule for reimbursing physician services to
• § 14078 — The director shall establish, at the time he or she establishes the statewide rate for physician services required by Section 14077, a level of reimbursement for physician services which represents at
• § 14079 — (a) The director shall periodically review the reimbursement levels for physician and dental services in the Medi-Cal fee-for-service delivery system, and shall periodically revise the rates of reimbu
• § 14079.5 — Rates of reimbursement established pursuant to this chapter shall make no distinction based on whether a particular service is provided by a physician or a dentist.
• § 14080 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, reimbursement to providers for dental services provided to individuals 21 years of age or older at the time of services shall be limited to not
• § 14080.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, no increase in the reimbursement levels for physician and dental services under Medi-Cal shall be made for the period from July 1, 1982, to Septemb
• § 14081 — It is the purpose of this article to ensure that the Medi-Cal program shall be operated in the most cost-effective and efficient manner possible with the optimum number of inpatient hospital service p
• § 14081.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares the need to improve the reporting relationship between the state and hospitals eligible to contract with the state for the provision of inpatient services to Med
• § 14081.5 — Hospitals that are not selected for contracting under this article and that have negotiated in good faith to obtain a contract need not fulfill preexisting obligations relating to the provision of inp
• § 14082 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Governor shall designate a person in his office to act as a special negotiator to negotiate rates, terms, and conditions for contracts with hospitals fo
• § 14082.5 — The negotiator provided for in Section 14082 shall serve in such capacity for the 1982–83 fiscal year, after which his or her functions shall be assumed by the California Medical Assistance Commission
• § 14083 — The factors to be considered by the negotiator in negotiating contracts under this article, or in drawing specifications for competitive bidding, include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
• § 14083.5 — In addition to considering factors specified in Section 14083, the negotiator, in negotiating contracts under this article, or in drawing specifications for competitive bidding, shall give special con
• § 14084 — (a) Payments to the contractor may be either on a capitation or prepayment basis, or on a combination of both methods of payment, or such other methods as the negotiator determines to be feasible.
• § 14085 — All utilization controls applied to inpatient hospital services by the director in accordance with Section 14133.
• § 14085.5 — (a) Each disproportionate share hospital contracting to provide services under this article or contracting with a county organized health system, and which has or would have met the state criteria dev
• § 14085.51 — (a) A disproportionate share hospital that qualifies under Section 14085.
• § 14085.52 — (a) A disproportionate share hospital that qualifies under Section 14085.
• § 14085.53 — (a) The Alameda Health System may revise plans submitted in accordance with subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 14085.
• § 14085.54 — (a) The Los Angeles County University of Southern California (LAC-USC) Medical Center may submit revised final plans to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to replace the original
• § 14085.55 — Notwithstanding subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 14085.
• § 14085.56 — (a) For the purposes of this section, “Los Medanos site,” means the site of the former Los Medanos Medical Center.
• § 14085.57 — (a) A designated public hospital, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 14166.
• § 14086 — (a) The provisions of this article relating to contracts with hospitals, to be negotiated or let out to bid by the negotiator, shall apply only to hospitals and shall not apply to hospital inpatient s
• § 14087 — The provisions of this article shall not, however, be construed to preclude an otherwise qualified hospital from obtaining reimbursement as determined by the department based on the state plan adopted
• § 14087.1 — The department or its authorized agents shall conduct periodic audits or reviews, including onsite audits or reviews, of performance under any contract made pursuant to this article.
• § 14087.10 — Any contract hospital that provides the services required by a Medi-Cal beneficiary and has a physician with staff privileges who is willing to accept the Medi-Cal beneficiary and has the appropriate
• § 14087.101 — For administrative costs incurred after January 1, 2004, the director may recover any administrative costs incurred by a health plan authorized by this article deemed excessive pursuant to Section 130
• § 14087.103 — The department shall notify the health plan of the director’s decision to seek recovery of excess administrative costs pursuant to Section 14087.
• § 14087.105 — When it has been determined that the director may recover any administrative costs deemed excessive pursuant to Section 14087.
• § 14087.11 — (a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to any county that seeks to provide or arrange for the provision of health care services provided under Article 2.
• § 14087.2 — It is the intent of the Legislature that children’s hospitals need not contract under the provisions of this article until October 31, 1984.
• § 14087.21 — Commencing November 1, 1984, reimbursement to children’s hospitals shall be on a basis that reflects the relative severity of pediatric diagnostic case types.
• § 14087.23 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a county-operated community clinic, exempt from licensure under Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, w
• § 14087.25 — In order to achieve maximum cost savings the Legislature hereby determines that an expedited contract process for contracts under this article is necessary.
• § 14087.26 — In negotiating contracts pursuant to this article, the negotiator may designate a specific group of hospitals as the negotiating unit.
• § 14087.27 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, judicial review pursuant to Section 1085 of the Code of Civil Procedure, shall be available to resolve disputes relating to the terms, performance, or t
• § 14087.28 — (a) A hospital contracting with the Medi-Cal program pursuant to this chapter shall not deny medical staff membership or clinical privileges for reasons other than a physician’s individual qualificati
• § 14087.29 — Hospitals or groups of hospitals with which a contract has been entered into pursuant to this article shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 2.
• § 14087.3 — (a) The director may contract, on a bid or nonbid basis, with any qualified individual, organization, or entity to provide services to, arrange for or case manage the care of Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
• § 14087.301 — When entering into contracts with health care service plans that provide comprehensive dental benefits to Medi-Cal beneficiaries on an at-risk basis, the department may require that the health care se
• § 14087.305 — (a) In areas specified by the director for expansion of the Medi-Cal managed care program under Section 14087.
• § 14087.31 — (a) It is necessary that a special commission be established in the Counties of Tulare and San Joaquin in order to meet the problems of delivery of publicly assisted medical care in the county and to
• § 14087.316 — (a) In lieu of establishing the special commission authorized by Section 14087.
• § 14087.32 — Commencing on the date the authority first receives Medi-Cal capitated payments for the provision of health care services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and until a commission established pursuant to Secti
• § 14087.325 — (a) The department shall require, as a condition of obtaining a contract with the department, that a local initiative, as defined in subdivision (w) of Section 53810 of Title 22 of the California Code
• § 14087.329 — (a) The department may establish, for local initiative and for commercial plans, that are providing services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries under a two-plan model contract with the department, not more tha
• § 14087.35 — (a) Because of the unique circumstances that exist in the County of Alameda, it is necessary that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda be given authority to create a health authority sepa
• § 14087.36 — (a) The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this section: (1) “County” means the City and County of San Francisco.
• § 14087.37 — Commencing on the date that a health authority established pursuant to Section 14087.
• § 14087.38 — (a) (1) In counties selected by the director with the concurrence of the county, a special county health authority may be established in order to meet the problems of delivery of publicly assisted med
• § 14087.385 — (a) The following definitions apply for purposes of this section: (1) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento.
• § 14087.39 — (a) In any transfer of functions from county employees to a health authority established pursuant to Section 14087.
• § 14087.4 — (a) Any contract made pursuant to this article may be renewed if the provider continues to meet the requirements of this chapter, regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and the contract.
• § 14087.41 — The department shall develop a simple form, consistent with the notice requirements of Sections 51014.
• § 14087.45 — The provisions of this article shall not become operative until July 1, 1983, the date upon which the California Medical Assistance Commission, created pursuant to Assembly Bill 3480, assumes its full
• § 14087.46 — (a) The department shall implement a dental managed care program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries to achieve major cost savings, while ensuring access and quality of care, pursuant to this section.
• § 14087.47 — (a) The department may contract under this article with the Counties of Sonoma, Placer, and San Luis Obispo, which have been selected by the department through a request for proposal process, for the
• § 14087.48 — (a) For purposes of this section, “Medi-Cal managed care plan” means any individual, organization, or entity that enters into a contract with the department pursuant to Article 2.
• § 14087.5 — (a) The California Medical Assistance Commission may negotiate exclusive contracts with any county that seeks to provide, or arrange for the provision of, the health care services provided under this
• § 14087.51 — (a) It is necessary that a special commission be established in San Mateo County and in any other county designated by the California Medical Assistance Commission in order to meet the problems of the
• § 14087.52 — (a) It is necessary that a special commission be established in San Bernardino County in order to meet the problems of the delivery of publicly assisted medical care in the county and to demonstrate w
• § 14087.53 — (a) It is necessary that a special commission be established in Ventura County in order to meet the problems of the delivery of publicly assisted medical care in the county and to demonstrate ways of
• § 14087.54 — (a) Any county or counties may establish a special commission in order to meet the problems of the delivery of publicly assisted medical care in the county or counties and to demonstrate ways of promo
• § 14087.55 — (a) The department shall enter into contracts with counties under this article, and shall be bound by the rates, terms, and conditions negotiated by the negotiator.
• § 14087.56 — (a) The Health Facilities Financing Authority may, pursuant to Chapter 7.
• § 14087.57 — Notwithstanding any provision of law, a member of a commission authorized by Section 14087.
• § 14087.58 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, those records of a special commission formed pursuant to this article that reveal the commission’s rates of payment for health care services or the comm
• § 14087.59 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 14087.
• § 14087.6 — A county that has contracted for the provision of services pursuant to this article may provide the services directly to recipients, or arrange for any or all of the services to be provided by subcont
• § 14087.61 — (a) The counties contracting pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14087.
• § 14087.7 — To the extent that a county chooses to contract with primary care providers pursuant to this article, the county shall ensure that designation forms and appropriate information concerning primary care
• § 14087.8 — When the department has entered into a contract with a county pursuant to this article, the department shall, at a minimum, through a method independent of any agency of the county, monitor the level
• § 14087.9 — A combination of counties may contract with the department pursuant to this article for the provision of services.
• § 14087.95 — Counties contracting with the department pursuant to this article shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 2.
• § 14087.96 — The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this article: (a) “County” means the County of Los Angeles.
• § 14087.9605 — (a) The board of supervisors may, by ordinance, resolution, or other action, establish a commission in order to meet the problems of delivery of publicly assisted medical care in the county and demons
• § 14087.961 — Governance of the commission shall be vested in a governing body consisting of 13 members, each of whom shall have a fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of the commission and the local initiati
• § 14087.9615 — (a) The composition of the 13-member governing body of the commission, as prescribed in Section 14087.
• § 14087.962 — Members of the governing body shall either reside, be employed, or provide services in the geographic area served by the local initiative.
• § 14087.9625 — (a) Members of the governing body of the commission shall serve four-year terms.
• § 14087.963 — (a) The governing body of the commission shall establish rules for its proceedings.
• § 14087.9635 — (a) A majority of the members of the governing body shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the governing body shall require the affirmative vote of a major
• § 14087.964 — A member of the governing body shall be removed from office if a majority of the members present and voting find that one or more of the following causes for removal exists: (a) The member neither liv
• § 14087.9645 — A member of the governing body may be removed at the request of the entity that nominated the member.
• § 14087.965 — (a) A request for removal under Section 14087.
• § 14087.9655 — (a) The governing body shall establish a technical advisory committee to provide technical expertise to the governing body.
• § 14087.9657 — (a) The governing body shall establish a children’s health consultant advisory committee to provide to the governing body expertise on child, adolescent, and maternal health issues.
• § 14087.966 — (a) The governing body for each geographic region served by the local initiative shall establish a regional community advisory committee to ensure community involvement.
• § 14087.9665 — (a) The commission may borrow or receive funds from any person or entity as necessary to cover development costs and other actual or projected obligations of the local initiative.
• § 14087.967 — To the full extent permitted by federal law, the department and the commission may enter into contracts to provide or arrange for health care services for any or all persons who are eligible to receiv
• § 14087.9675 — (a) The auditor-controller of the county, at those intervals the auditor-controller deems appropriate, but no less frequently than annually, shall conduct a review of the fiscal condition of the commi
• § 14087.968 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county shall not be liable for any damages or losses, whether financial or in any other form, that may result from the reliance of any person, entity, o
• § 14087.9685 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any obligation of the commission and its local initiative, statutory, contractual, or otherwise, shall be an obligation solely of the commission and sha
• § 14087.969 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither a member of the governing body of the commission nor a member of any advisory panel to the governing body shall be deemed to be interested in a
• § 14087.9695 — The department, if at no state General Fund expense, may take all appropriate steps, in cooperation with the county and the commission, to obtain approval for a demonstration or pilot project under ap
• § 14087.9697 — In any transfer of functions from county employees to the commission, the commission shall continue to recognize the employee organization that represented the employees performing those functions at
• § 14087.97 — The commission shall be deemed to be a public agency that is a local unit of government for purposes of all grant programs and other funding and loan guarantee programs.
• § 14087.9705 — (a) The commission shall obtain licensure as a health care service plan under Chapter 2.
• § 14087.971 — (a) Contracts under this article between the department and the commission shall be on a nonbid basis and shall be exempt from Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the
• § 14087.9715 — The Legislature intends that implementation of this article shall involve consultation and cooperative activities among various agencies of the state and county, and the commission.
• § 14087.972 — Neither the commission nor its local initiative shall be considered to be an agency, division, department, or instrumentality of the county, and neither the commission nor its local initiative shall b
• § 14087.9722 — (a) If the commission established pursuant to this article no longer functions for the purposes for which it was established, when the commission’s existing obligations have been satisfied or the comm
• § 14087.9725 — (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed as amending the requirements of Section 17000.
• § 14087.9730 — (a) In an effort to determine whether children’s access to, and utilization of, vision care services can be increased by providing vision care services at schools, the department shall establish a pil
• § 14087.98 — (a) The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive program of managed health care plan services to Medi-Cal recipients residing in the following counties that currently receive Medi-Cal ser
• § 14088 — (a) The purpose of this article is to ensure that the Medi-Cal program shall be operated in the most cost-effective and efficient manner possible with the optimum number of Medi-Cal providers, and sha
• § 14088.05 — For purposes of this article, “primary care case management plan” means a primary care provider or other entity who has contracted with the department pursuant to this article.
• § 14088.12 — Primary care case management contractors shall establish, maintain, and conduct an active, ongoing outreach and recruitment effort to add primary care and specialty providers to their networks to the