Bill Text: CA AB2295 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Medi-Cal: veterans: home- and community-based services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-25 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2295 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB2295-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 2295 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Voepel |
February 13, 2018 |
An act to add Section 14132.993 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2295, as introduced, Voepel.
Medi-Cal: veterans: home- and community-based services.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income persons receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing federal law provides for various home- and community-based services waivers that promote coverage and services that enable an individual who would otherwise be institutionalized to live at home or in the community.
This bill would require the department to submit a waiver application or an amendment to the state plan for home- and community-based services (HCBS) to authorize an individual who is eligible for those services to enroll in Medi-Cal when the military service member has received military orders to transfer into California, upon receipt of the orders
and the beneficiary was receiving Medicaid HCBS in the last state of residence. The bill would authorize a veteran beneficiary or a child beneficiary whose parent or guardian is an active or retired military service member to retain eligibility for Medi-Cal HCBS if the service member receives a governmental order to relocate to another state, as long as the parent or guardian retains California as the state of legal residence and the beneficiary retains eligibility for the services.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14132.993 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:14132.993.
(a) The department shall submit to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services a home- and community-based services waiver application pursuant to Section 1396n(c) of Title 42 of the United States Code, or an amendment of the state plan for home- and community-based services pursuant to Section 1396n(i) of Title 42 of the United States Code, to implement the provisions of this section.(b) An individual who is eligible for home- and community-based services (HCBS) may enroll for those services if:
(1) The beneficiary is a veteran in need of HCBS services or the beneficiary’s parent or guardian is an active or retired military service member.
(2) The military service member has received military orders to transfer into California. A copy of the order shall be submitted with the application, which may be submitted as soon as the parent or guardian receives the order and before moving to California.
(3) The beneficiary was receiving Medicaid HCBS in the last state of residence.
(c) A veteran beneficiary or a child beneficiary whose parent or guardian is an active or retired military service member shall retain eligibility for Medi-Cal HCBS if the service member receives a governmental order to relocate to another state, as long as the parent or guardian retains California as the state of legal residence and the beneficiary retains eligibility for the services.
