Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Existing law authorizes the California Medical Assistance Commission to negotiate selective provider contracts with eligible hospitals to provide inpatient hospital services to Medi‑Cal beneficiaries. Existing law also provides for the provision of inpatient and outpatient hospital services under the Medi-Cal program on a fee-for-service basis. Existing law provides for supplemental payments to hospitals providing Medi-Cal services in accordance with prescribed provisions of law. Existing law requires the County of Los Angeles, for the 2007–08, 2008–09, and 2009–10 state fiscal years, to make intergovernmental transfers to fund the nonfederal share of increased Medi-Cal payments to those private hospitals that serve the South Los Angeles population formerly served by Los Angeles County Martin Luther King, Jr.-Harbor Hospital. This bill would enact Medi-Cal funding provisions for a new hospital, as defined, that would be a private nonprofit entity that would serve the population of South Los Angeles formerly served by the Los Angeles County Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital. The bill would authorize the hospital to negotiate an inpatient hospital services contract with the commission, as provided for under existing law, and would contain provisions relating to inpatient hospital services reimbursement if a contract is not negotiated under these provisions. The bill would also contain provisions relating to reimbursement for outpatient hospital services provided by the new hospital and to the making of supplemental payments to the new hospital. The bill would establish various conditions for its implementation, including the receipt of all necessary federal approvals and the receipt of federal financial participation.
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Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adopt guidelines for a comprehensive program concerning the collection of moneys owed for fees, fines, forfeitures, penalties, and assessments imposed by court order. This bill would prohibit a court from garnishing wages or levying a bank account for the enforcement and collection of fees, fines, forfeitures, or penalties imposed by a court against a person under 25 years of age who has an outstanding unpaid citation for truancy, loitering, curfew violations, or illegal lodging if the court obtains information that the person is homeless or has no permanent address. This bill would authorize a court to use these collection procedures when that person is 26 years of age or older. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
Existing law provides for the regulation of various professions and vocations, including those of an athlete agent. This bill would make it unlawful for any person to hold himself or herself out as a certified athletic trainer unless he or she has been certified by the Board of Certification, Inc., and has either graduated from a college or university, after completing an accredited athletic training education program, as specified, or completed requirements for certification by the Board of Certification, Inc., prior to January 1, 2004. The bill would make it an unfair business practice to violate these provisions.
This measure would declare November 2010 to be California Adoption Month.
This measure would recognize May 2010 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
This measure would proclaim the 3rd week of April, each year, as California Native Plant Week and would encourage community groups, schools, and citizens to undertake appropriate activities to promote the conservation, restoration, and appreciation of California's native plants.
This measure would declare the intent of the Legislature to ensure the preservation of home care and personal care services to seniors and people with disabilities through the In-Home Supportive Services program.
This measure would call upon the Congress and the President of the United States to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.
This measure would request the Congress of the United States to establish a comprehensive framework, including dedicated funding, for adapting our nation's wildlife, habitats, coasts, watersheds, rivers, and other natural resources and ecosystems to the impacts of climate change.
This measure would proclaim May 9 through 15 as California Nurses Week 2010.