BILL NUMBER: SB 200	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2013

   An act to amend Section 14000.05 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to Medi-Cal.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 200, as introduced, Anderson. Medi-Cal: rural hospitals.
   Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the
State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health
care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The
Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid
provisions. Existing law requires the State Department of Health
Care Services to consider the special needs of rural hospitals that
are financially distressed and in danger of closure, and authorizes
the department to provide technical and other assistance relating to
Medi-Cal to these hospitals, as specified.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 14000.05 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
is amended to read:
   14000.05.  The State Department of Health  Care  Services
shall consider the special needs and requirements of rural hospitals
in California that are financially distressed and in danger of
closure. The department may provide technical assistance and other
appropriate assistance and relief on Medi-Cal program policies,
reimbursement issues, and Medi-Cal operational and procedural
problems to financially distressed rural hospitals, when appropriate,
 in order  to preserve the availability of health
care services in rural California.