Medi-Cal: dashboard and outreach.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill aims to improve Medi-Cal enrollment and retention by establishing a data dashboard and implementing outreach efforts. Specifically, it requires the Department of Health Care Services to create a dashboard tracking key metrics related to federal changes impacting Medi-Cal eligibility, and to conduct outreach to Medi-Cal beneficiaries about work or community engagement requirements and redetermination processes. The bill also mandates that managed care plans develop outreach plans to educate their enrollees on these requirements and ensures cultural and linguistic appropriateness in all communications.
Key provisions
- Establish a data dashboard to track Medi-Cal application, enrollment, redetermination, and termination data.
- Require the dashboard to report on work or community engagement requirements and exemptions.
- Mandate outreach to Medi-Cal beneficiaries regarding work/community engagement requirements and redeterminations, starting January 1, 2028.
- Require managed care plans to develop and implement outreach and education plans for their enrollees.
- Ensure outreach materials are culturally and linguistically appropriate.
- Require counties to collaborate with community-based organizations for outreach efforts.
- Remove the requirement for managed care plans to obtain beneficiary approval for sharing contact information.
- Require the sharing of Medi-Cal redetermination data between counties and managed care plans.
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