Health care: eligibility: enrollment.

Existing law provides for various programs to provide health care coverage to persons with limited financial resources, including the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program. Existing law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) , pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , and specifies the duties and powers of the board governing the Exchange relative to determining eligibility for enrollment in the Exchange and arranging for coverage under qualified health plans, and facilitating the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange. Existing law, the Health Care Reform Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention Planning Act, operative as provided, requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with specified entities, to establish standardized single, accessible application forms and related renewal procedures for state health subsidy programs, as defined, in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law provides that the application or case of an individual screened as not eligible for Medi-Cal on the basis of household income but who may be eligible for Medi-Cal on another basis shall be forwarded to the Medi-Cal program for an eligibility determination. This bill would make technical and clarifying changes to these provisions.