(a) This article shall be known as the “Medi-Cal Conflict of Interest Law.”

It is the intent of the Legislature that provisions be made for disclosure of the interests of providers of service in the services, facilities, and organizations to which they refer Medi-Cal recipients so that it is possible to determine the extent to which conflicts of interests may exist because of such referrals.

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It is the further intent of the Legislature that provision be made for the regulation of employment of present and former employees of state and local agencies responsible for the expenditure of funds under Medi-Cal so as to avoid the risk of conflicts of interests.

(b) As used in this article, the term “referral” means (1) the referral of a recipient by a provider of service to any other provider of service; (2) the placement of a recipient by a provider of service in any facility; or (3) the obtaining, requesting, ordering, or prescribing of services or supplies by a provider of service on behalf of a recipient from any other provider of service.

As used in this article, the term “immediate family” includes the spouse and children of the provider of service, the parents of the provider of service and their spouses, and the spouses of the children of the provider of service.

As used in this article, the term “state or local officer or employee who is responsible for the expenditure of substantial amounts of funds under Medi-Cal” means (1) the Director of the State Department of Health Care Services, and (2) those other state officers or employees, and those local officers or employees, who are determined by the director by regulation to be responsible for the expenditure of substantial amounts of funds under the California Medical Assistance Act and California’s State Plan under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.

As used in this article, the term “substantial amounts of funds” shall have the meaning defined by the director by regulation. As used in this article, “judicial, quasi-judicial or other proceeding” shall have the meaning defined in Article 4 (commencing with Section 87400) of Chapter 7 of Title 9 of the Government Code.

(Added by renumbering Section 14030 by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 316. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020. Repealed conditionally as prescribed in Section 14047.7. After repeal, see related provisions in Section 14022.)