Bonnie Lowenthal
- Democratic
Author
Existing law establishes the federal Medicaid program, administered by each state, California's version of which is the Medi-Cal program. The Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services under the direction of the Director of Health Care Services, provides qualified low-income persons with health care services. Existing federal law establishes the Program of All‑Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) , which provides specified services for older individuals so that they may continue living in the community. Federal law permits states to implement the PACE program as a Medicaid state option. Existing state law authorizes the director to establish the California Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly and establishes PACE program services as a covered benefit of the Medi-Cal program. Existing law authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services, and as applicable, the California Department of Aging and the State Department of Social Services, to grant exemptions to entities contracting with the department under the PACE program from certain provisions relating to clinics, community care facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, home health agencies, and adult day health centers. This bill would add the State Department of Public Health to the list of departments that may grant exemptions, as applicable. This bill specifies that certain federal requirements of the PACE model not be waived or modified, including, among others, the interdisciplinary team approach to care management and service delivery and the provision of a PACE benefit package for all participants, regardless of source of payment, that includes all Medicare-covered items and services, all Medicaid-covered items and services, as specified in the state's Medicaid plan, and other services determined necessary by the interdisciplinary team to improve and maintain the participant's overall health status. This bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the above provisions.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 456, Statutes of 2009.
Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3097.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2108.)
Read second time. To third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From inactive file. To second reading.
To inactive file on motion of Senator Lowenthal.
Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1468.)
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6).
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 28).
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 21).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. Read second time and amended.
Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and HEALTH.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB577 | HTML |
| 02/25/09 - Introduced | |
| 04/13/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/26/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/11/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/31/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/10/09 - Enrolled | |
| 10/11/09 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
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