Medi-Cal: housing support services.
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Overview
This bill aims to establish housing support services as a covered benefit within the Medi-Cal program. Currently, the Department of Health Care Services was required to analyze network adequacy before offering these services, but this requirement is being removed. Instead, the services will be available when the Legislature appropriates funds for them, and the department must seek federal approval for the benefit. Eligible individuals include those experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless, with services including housing transition navigation, deposits, and tenancy sustaining support.
Key provisions
- Removes the requirement for an independent analysis of network adequacy before offering housing support services.
- Designates housing transition navigation services, housing deposits, and housing tenancy sustaining services as covered Medi-Cal benefits.
- Makes eligibility for these services available to individuals experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
- Requires the Department of Health Care Services to seek federal approval for the new benefit.
- Allows the department to implement and interpret the section through all-county letters and similar instructions.
- Authorizes contracts for housing support services without undergoing certain state procurement processes.
- Defines key terms related to housing support services, such as ‘at risk of homelessness’ and ‘community supports.’
- Specifies that the services will be phased out as community supports, requiring an appropriation.
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