Healthy Families Program: prospective payment system.

Existing law, the federal Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, requires states with a Children's Health Insurance Program to reimburse federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics based on a specified prospective payment system established under the Medicaid Program. Existing law creates the Healthy Families Program, administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, to arrange for the provision of health, dental, and vision benefits to eligible children pursuant to the federal Children's Health Insurance Program. This bill would, contingent upon the receipt and appropriation of funds, require the board to apply the Medicaid prospective payment system to services provided under the program by federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics and would authorize the board to adopt emergency regulations to implement that requirement. This bill would also state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would implement other provisions of the federal Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.