Medi-Cal

Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Chino) has introduced a bill (SB 1332) to establish the Medi-Cal Managed Care Pilot Program. Under the measure, the Department of Health Care Services would be charged with ensuring that low-income seniors and people with disabilities have full access to health care services (Bill text, 2/20).

A measure (SB 1738) introduced by Sen. Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) would require DHCS to seek federal approval for a pilot program to provide supplemental services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries classified as frequent users of the health care system. The program would aim to reduce such beneficiaries' use of hospital emergency departments (Bill text, 2/22).