Health Financing
The governor signed into law AB 3070, by the Health Committee, which will permit designated public hospitals that receive safety net funds for Medicaid beneficiaries to count certified expenditures by public agencies affiliated with the hospital toward spending eligible for those funds. The law makes additional changes to how hospital safety net funds are disbursed (Bill text, 9/18).
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