BILL NUMBER: SB 1339	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 14124.27 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to Medi-Cal.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1339, as introduced, Cannella. Medi-Cal: Drug Medi-Cal Program
providers.
   Existing law provides for the Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) Treatment
Program, under which counties enter into contracts with the State
Department of Health Care Services for the provision of various drug
treatment services to Medi-Cal recipients, or the department directly
arranges for the provision of these services if a county elects not
to do so.
   This bill would require a county or the department, before
contracting with a certified DMC provider, to obtain criminal
background information for its owners and key staff, as defined, and
to request subsequent arrest notification. The bill would authorize a
county or the department to contract with a certified DMC provider
irrespective of the contents of the state summary criminal history
information.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 14124.27 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   14124.27.  (a) A county or the department, before contracting with
a certified Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) provider, shall obtain state summary
criminal history information from the Department of Justice for the
DMC provider's owner and key staff. A county or the department may
contract with a certified DMC provider irrespective of the contents
of the state summary criminal history information.
   (b) The owner and key staff of the DMC provider shall submit
fingerprint images and related information to the Department of
Justice for purposes of obtaining information as to the existence and
content of a record of state or federal convictions, and state or
federal arrests for which the Department of Justice establishes that
the person is free on bail or on his or her own recognizance pending
trial or appeal. The Department of Justice shall review the available
information and compile and disseminate a response to the county or
the department, as appropriate, pursuant to Section 11105 of the
Penal Code.
   (c) The county or department contracting with the DMC provider
shall request subsequent arrest notification service from the
Department of Justice, as provided under Section 11105.2 of the Penal
Code, for the owner and key staff of the DMC provider.
   (d) For purposes of this section, "key staff" means a person
employed by or working as a contractor for the DMC provider and who
has either supervisory duties or duties that give him or her access
to money.