California Welfare and Institutions Code 14124.21 – (a) If a county decides to not enter a Drug Medi-Cal Treatment …
(a) If a county decides to not enter a Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program contract with the department, the county shall notify the department of this decision in writing by the May 20 preceding the fiscal year in which, or at least 60 days before, the contract would have become effective.
(b) (1) To the extent that a county decides not to enter into or terminates its Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program contract with the department, the department shall contract for Drug Medi-Cal Treatment services in the county as necessary to ensure beneficiary access to these services. The contract shall be made in accordance with federal Medicaid and state Medi-Cal laws and in accordance with the federal court order and any future action in the case of Sobky v. Smoley (E.D.Cal 1994) 855 F.Supp. 1123.
Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 14124.21
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
- department: means the State Department of Health Services. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14062
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Medi-Cal: means the California Medical Assistance Program. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14063
(2) The department may enter into contracts for the provision of Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program services with certified Drug Medi-Cal providers directly or through qualifying individual counties, counties acting jointly, county consortia, and with qualified individuals, organizations, or nongovernmental entities.
(c) The department and the Department of Finance shall determine how much funding is necessary to provide the necessary services in a county and notify the Controller.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 36, Sec. 80. (SB 1014) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 83 of Ch. 36.)