Read. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3671.)
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3666.)
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.).
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.).
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans. Existing law imposes a managed care organization (MCO) provider tax, administered and assessed by the department, on licensed health care service plans and managed care plans contracted with the department. Under existing law, all revenues, less refunds, derived from the taxes are deposited into the Managed Care Enrollment Fund, to be available to the department, upon appropriation, for the purpose of funding specified subcomponents to support the Medi-Cal program. Existing law sets forth certain taxing tiers and tax amounts for purposes of the tax periods of April 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023, inclusive, and the 2024, 2025, and 2026 calendar years. Under existing law, the Medi-Cal per enrollee tax amount for Medi-Cal taxing tier II, as defined, is $182.50 for the 2024 calendar year, $187.50 for the 2025 calendar year, and $192.50 for the 2026 calendar year. This bill would raise that tax amount for that tier to $205 for all 3 of those calendar years. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
The Budget Act of 2022 and the Budget Act of 2023 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2022–23 and 2023–24 fiscal years. This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2022 and the Budget Act of 2023 by amending, adding, and repealing items of appropriation and making other changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3603.)
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4783.).
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3577.)
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes, relating to the Budget Act of 2023.
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3509.)
Existing law provides for the comprehensive regulation of ticket sellers, including prohibiting a ticket seller from contracting to sell or accepting payment for tickets unless the ticket seller has lawful possession of the ticket; has a contractual right to obtain the ticket; or informs the purchaser the seller does not have possession of the tickets, has no contract to obtain the offered ticket, and may not be able to supply the ticket at the contracted price, as specified. This bill would prohibit the operator of an entertainment facility and a primary ticket seller from entering into a contract that provides for the primary ticket seller to be the exclusive ticket seller for the operator of the entertainment facility. The bill would prohibit threatening or seeking to enforce such a provision or to otherwise penalize an operator of an entertainment facility for entering into an agreement with another primary ticket seller. Existing law defines a primary contractor as the person or organization who is responsible for the event for which tickets are being sold. Existing law declares that regulation of ticket sellers does not apply to a primary contractor or seller of tickets for the primary contractor operating under a written contract with the primary contractor. This bill would declare that the provisions of this bill apply to a primary contractor and a seller of tickets for the primary contractor operating under a written contract with the primary contractor. Existing law declares that violations of statutory regulations of ticket sellers are punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would make entering into a contract that provides for the primary ticket seller to be the exclusive ticket seller for the operator of the entertainment facility punishable as a misdemeanor. Because the bill would expand the scope of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
