Bill Text: CA SB4 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Meaml.1#" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> An act to add and repeal Section 14087.59 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-04 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 479, Statutes of 2017. [SB4 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB4-Amended.html
Bill Title: Meaml.1#" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> An act to add and repeal Section 14087.59 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-04 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 479, Statutes of 2017. [SB4 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB4-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Senate Bill | No. 4 |
| Introduced by Senator Mendoza |
December 05, 2016 |
An act to add Section 14087.59 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 4, as amended, Mendoza.
Medi-Cal: county organized health system: County of Orange.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified, low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors, by ordinance, to establish a commission to negotiate an exclusive contract with the department to provide, or arrange for the provision of, health care services under the Medi-Cal program. This system of services provided by or through a county under these provisions is known as a county organized health system. Existing law requires the enabling ordinance to, among other things, specify the membership of the county commission, the qualifications for individual members, the manner of appointment, and how long they will serve. Pursuant to this authority,
the County of Orange, by ordinance, established a commission to provide health care services under the Medi-Cal program.
This bill would codify those provisions of the enabling ordinance that prescribe the membership composition, the qualifications for individual members, and tenure of the members members, and the procedure for removing a member of the governing body of the commission established in the County of Orange.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Orange.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
It is the intent of the Legislature to codify certain provisions of the enabling ordinance enacted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange that prescribe the composition of the governing body of the Orange County Health Authority, which is a county organized health system, known as CalOptima, that arranges for the provision of health care services under the Medi-Cal program. The Legislature does not intend that the codification in statute of the composition of the governing body of the Orange County Health Authority by this section result in a new board but is instead a continuation of the prior board, and therefore the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange is not required to appoint a new governing body or to change the composition of the governing body.SEC. 2.
Section 14087.59 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:14087.59.
(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 14087.54, governance of the commission in the County of Orange established pursuant to Section 14087.54 shall be vested in a governing body consisting of 10 members: nine voting members and one nonvoting member. The nonvoting member shall be the Director of the Orange County Health Care Agency. The nine voting members shall be nominated by the Orange County Health Care Agency and appointed by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange and shall consist of the following:(1) Two members shall each be a member of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange, with one additional member of
the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange to serve as an alternate.
(2) One member shall be a current or former hospital administrator.
(3) One member shall be a representative of a community clinic.
(4) One member shall be a member of the public who is a legal resident of the County of Orange.
(5) One member shall be a practicing licensed medical provider who is not an owner or officer, or a member of the board of directors, of a contracted independent physician’s association or provider network.
(6) One member shall be a current CalOptima member or a family member of a current CalOptima
member.
(7) One member shall be an accounting or public finance professional, or an attorney who is an active member of the State Bar.
(8) One member shall be a practicing licensed physician who is a representative of a contracted independent physician’s association or provider network.
(b) Each member of the governing body shall reside in, or be employed in, the County of Orange and shall be generally representative of the diverse backgrounds, interests, and demography of persons residing in the County of Orange. Each member of the governing body shall have a commitment to a health care system that seeks to improve access to high-quality health care for persons served by the commission and that in fact delivers high-quality
care and is financially viable. Each member shall possess the requisite skills and knowledge necessary to design and operate a quality publicly assisted health care delivery system.
(c) (1) Members of the governing body of the commission shall serve four-year terms, except for those members who are members of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange who shall serve a one-year term.
(2) A member of the governing body described in any of paragraphs (2) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (a) shall serve no more than two consecutive terms. This limitation shall apply only to service for consecutive terms. No other limitation on the number of terms a person may serve is intended.
(3) A member of the governing body of the commission may be removed from the governing body by a vote in favor of that removal of at least two-thirds of the full membership of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange.
