Anthony Cannella
- Republican
Author
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, including specialty mental health services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. The department is responsible for conducting investigations and audits of claims and reimbursements for expenditures for specialty mental health services provided by mental health plans to Medi-Cal eligible individuals. This bill would limit the scope of the service billing documentation requirements the department may apply when conducting an audit of Medi-Cal specialty mental health services to criteria that is clearly and explicitly set forth in specified state regulations, letters, and directives, federal Medicaid terms and conditions, and the Medicaid state plan. The bill would require the department to allow counties and county contract providers of behavioral health services to incorporate by reference any information in a patient's existing case record in subsequent documentation and would prohibit the department from requiring any unchanged information in a patient's existing case record to be copied or reentered into specified treatment documents, unless required by a federal directive. The bill would require the department to consider further revisions to its service billing documentation requirements, and to prepare, in consultation with counties, providers, and other stakeholders, and submit to the Legislature, a proposal to accomplish those objectives, as specified.
Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Cannella.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2794.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27).
July 15 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 30).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1199.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1151.) (May 28).
Set for hearing May 28.
May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 4.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 651.) (April 15).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Set for hearing April 15.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB296 | HTML |
| 02/23/15 - Introduced | |
| 04/07/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/20/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/02/15 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/28/15 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
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