Joaquin Arambula
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 31
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. Existing law requires that Medi-Cal benefits be provided to optional targeted low-income children, as defined, based on a certain income eligibility threshold. Existing law also establishes the Medi-Cal Access Program, which provides health care services to a woman who is pregnant or in her postpartum period and whose household income is between certain thresholds, and to a child under 2 years of age who is delivered by a mother enrolled in the program, as specified. Existing law also establishes a program under which certain employed persons with disabilities are eligible for Medi-Cal benefits based on income and other criteria. Existing law requires the department to exercise the option, available to the state under federal law, to impose specified monthly premiums, based on income level, for the above-described children and employed persons with disabilities. Existing law requires the department to determine schedules for subscriber contribution amounts for persons enrolled in the Medi-Cal Access Program. This bill would eliminate the premiums and subscriber contributions for the above-described populations. The bill would make conforming changes to related provisions. Existing law creates the County Health Initiative Matching Fund in the State Treasury, administered by the department for the purpose of providing matching state funds and local funds received by the fund through intergovernmental transfers to a county agency, a local initiative, or a county organized health system in order to provide health insurance coverage to certain children and adults in low-income households who do not qualify for health care benefits through the Healthy Families Program or Medi-Cal. This bill would prohibit the department from imposing subscriber contributions for that program, to the extent allowable by federal law, as specified. Existing law requires Medi-Cal beneficiaries to make set copayments for specified services, including for nonemergency services received in an emergency department or emergency room. This bill would prohibit the department from imposing copayments on recipients of specified services, to the extent allowable by federal law.
In committee: Held under submission.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 19).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 22).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
Read first time. To print.
Bill Text Versions | Format |
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AB1995 | HTML |
02/10/22 - Introduced | |
03/09/22 - Amended Assembly | |
03/24/22 - Amended Assembly |
Document | Format |
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03/21/22- Assembly Health | |
04/25/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
05/20/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
06/13/22- Senate Health | |
06/24/22- Senate Appropriations |
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