15900. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Approximately 21 percent of nonelderly Californians lack health insurance coverage. Many are low-income individuals who are not eligible for existing public health coverage programs. (b) One hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) in federal funds will be available for three years to reimburse for public expenditures made under a […]
15901. (a) There is hereby established the Health Care Coverage Initiative to expand health care coverage to low-income uninsured individuals in California. (b) The Health Care Coverage Initiative shall operate pursuant to the Special Terms and Conditions of California’s Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration project waiver number 11-W-00193/9 relating to hospital financing and health coverage expansion that became […]
15902. (a) Persons eligible to be served by the Health Care Coverage Initiative are low-income uninsured individuals who are not currently eligible for the Medi-Cal program, Healthy Families Program, or Access for Infants and Mothers program. (b) Funding for the Health Care Coverage Initiative shall be used to expand health care coverage for eligible uninsured individuals. (c) Any […]
15903. The Health Care Coverage Initiative shall be designed and implemented to achieve all of the following outcomes: (a) Expand the number of Californians who have health care coverage. (b) Strengthen and build upon the local health care safety net system, including disproportionate share hospitals, county clinics, and community clinics. (c) Improve access to high quality health care […]
15904. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall issue a request for applications for funding the Health Care Coverage Initiative. (b) The department shall allocate federal funds available to be claimed under the Health Care Coverage programs. (c) The department shall select the Health Care Coverage programs that best meet the requirements and desired outcomes set […]
15905. Applications submitted to the department shall include, but not be limited to, each of the following: (a) A description of the proposed Health Care Coverage program, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) Eligibility criteria. (2) Screening and enrollment processes that include an identification system to demonstrate enrollment into the Health Care Coverage program. […]
15906. (a) The department shall seek partnership with an independent, nonprofit group or foundation, an academic institution, or a governmental entity providing grants for health-related activities, to evaluate the programs funded under the initiative. (b) The evaluation shall, at a minimum, include an assessment of the extent to which the programs have met the outcomes listed in […]
15907. (a) The department shall monitor the programs funded under the initiative for compliance with applicable federal requirements and the requirements under this part, and pursuant to the Special Terms and Conditions of California’s Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration project waiver number 11-W-00193/9 relating to hospital financing and health coverage expansion. (b) To the extent necessary to implement […]
15908. (a) This part shall become inoperative on the date that the director executes a declaration, which shall be retained by the director and provided to the fiscal and appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, stating that the Low Income Health Program authorized under Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 15909) and under the Special Terms and […]
