Joaquin Arambula
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 31
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. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law requires that counties administer public social services, including Medi-Cal. Existing law also authorizes a county to collaborate with a community-based organization to maintain up-to-date contact information in order to assist with timely submission of annual reaffirmation forms, among others. This bill, commencing January 1, 2023, would require the department to create the Community Health Navigator Program to make direct grants to qualified community-based organizations, as defined, to conduct targeted outreach, enrollment, retention, and access activities for Medi-Cal-eligible individuals and families. The bill would specify the basis for issuing a grant, including specified factors in the applicant's service area. The bill would authorize the department to contract with one or more private foundations to assist the department with administering the grant application and allocation process. The bill would require the department to contract with specified providers to furnish training and technical assistance to grant recipients. The bill would also require the department to coordinate and partner with Covered California and counties that elect to participate, on an approach for outreach, enrollment, retention, and access activities for marketing to eligible individuals, including facilitation of quarterly meetings on enrollment and access barriers and solutions, among other requirements. The bill would become operative only upon an express appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute for the purposes of the bill.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Limón.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 11).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 0. Page 4944.)
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 19).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Coauthors revised.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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 21.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2680 | HTML |
| 02/18/22 - Introduced | |
| 04/07/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/01/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/11/22 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/22/22- Assembly Health | |
| 05/10/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/27/22- Senate Health | |
| 08/05/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/11/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/15/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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