AB 2359
Medi-Cal.
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Fiscal committee
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Appropriation
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Bill overview
This bill makes a technical update to the Medi-Cal program’s legal language. Specifically, it clarifies that recipients of Medi-Cal healthcare do not have a claim for compensation if their services are affected by subsequent changes to the program’s laws, regulations, or rules. The amendment ensures clarity and consistency in how the Medi-Cal program operates.
Key provisions
- Amends Section 14002 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
- Clarifies that Medi-Cal recipients do not have compensation claims due to program changes.
- Addresses technical language within the existing statute.
- Ensures consistency in the application of Medi-Cal laws and regulations.
Who is affected
- Medi-Cal recipients
- The State Department of Health Care Services
- Individuals eligible for Medi-Cal
Notable changes
- A technical update to existing legal language.
- Reinforces the principle that program changes do not create a basis for compensation claims.
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Bill Start
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2359
| Introduced by Assembly Member Ta |
| February 19, 2026 |
An act to amend Section 14002 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2359, as introduced, Ta. Medi-Cal.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. Pursuant to existing law, health care granted under the Medi-Cal program is subject to laws amending, repealing, or supplementing provisions affecting the Medi-Cal program, and subject to the rules and regulations of the department. Existing law provides that an individual receiving health care from the Medi-Cal program does not have a claim for compensation or otherwise because their service is affected by those changes.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14002 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
14002.
Health care granted under the provisions of this chapter is held subject to the provisions of any a later enacted law hereafter enacted amending, repealing, or supplementing in whole or in part the provisions of this chapter, and subject to the rules and regulations of the department. No A recipient of health care under this chapter shall not have any a claim for compensation or otherwise because his the service is affected in any way by any such by the amending, repealing, or supplemental act, or by any such by a rule or regulation regulation, or by any an addition, amendment, or repeal of such the rules or regulations.