Medi-Cal providers: nonprofit public benefit corporations.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enrollment rules for new organizations, only that they must comply with existing procedures.

Medi-Cal Providers: Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporations

This law would require nonprofit public benefit corporations with tax-exempt status that provide nonspecialty mental health services to follow the same enrollment procedures as other Medi-Cal providers.

What This Bill Does

• Requires nonprofit public benefit corporations with tax-exempt status and providing nonspecialty mental health services to comply with existing Medi-Cal provider enrollment procedures.

Who It Names or Affects

• Nonprofit public benefit corporations with tax-exempt status that provide nonspecialty mental health services
• The State Department of Health Care Services

Terms To Know

Medi-Cal program

A state-run healthcare program for low-income Californians, funded partly by federal Medicaid money.

Nonprofit public benefit corporation

An organization that operates to serve the public interest and does not distribute its profits to shareholders or owners.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only applies to nonprofits providing nonspecialty mental health services, not other types of healthcare.
• It is unclear how many such organizations currently exist in California.

Official Summary Text

AB 2352, as introduced, Valencia.
Medi-Cal providers: nonprofit public benefit corporations.
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. The Medi-Cal program is in part governed by, and funded pursuant to, federal Medicaid program provisions.
Existing law sets forth various procedures, including the submission of an application package, for provider enrollment, continuing enrollment, or enrollment at a new location or a change in location under the Medi-Cal program.
Existing law requires an applicant or provider who is a natural person and is licensed or certificated under provisions relating to healing arts, the Osteopathic Initiative Act, or the Chiropractic Initiative Act, or is a professional corporation, to comply with the above-described
procedures and to be enrolled in the Medi-Cal program as either an individual provider or as a rendering provider in a provider group for each application package that is submitted and approved.
This bill would also apply the above-described provision to a nonprofit public benefit corporation that has been granted tax-exempt status and that provides nonspecialty mental health services, as specified.

Current Bill Text

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