Health Financing
SB 1405 by Sen. Nell Soto (D-Ontario) was approved by the Senate 23-12 and moves to the Assembly (StateNet, Subscription required). The bill would require the Department of Health Services to develop and adopt a strategy to seek federal matching funds for language assistance services, including oral interpretation services and translation of written materials, for Medi-Cal and Healthy Families beneficiaries who have limited English-language skills (Bill text, 5/17).
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