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AB-835 • 2026

Medi-Cal: skilled nursing facility services.

Medi-Cal: skilled nursing facility services.

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Sponsor
Calderon
Last action
Official status
Assembly - Died - Appropriations
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official metadata lists the effective date as blank, though the bill text specifies a retroactive calculation start date of July 9, 2024.

Medi-Cal Skilled Nursing Facility Services

This law allows all skilled nursing facilities, not just those in a managed care network, to earn performance-based payments under the Workforce and Quality Incentive Program.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the rule that only 'network' providers can earn performance-based directed payments under the Workforce and Quality Incentive Program.
  • Allows both network and non-network skilled nursing facilities to receive these extra payments if they meet program conditions.
  • Requires payment calculations to be done retroactively starting from July 9, 2024.
  • Bases new payments on the total number of days a facility provided services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries during that period.
  • Makes technical changes to existing laws about peace officers taking minors into temporary custody.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Skilled nursing facilities that provide care to people with Medi-Cal coverage.
  • Medi-Cal managed care plans that contract with these facilities.
  • The State Department of Health Care Services, which administers the program.
  • Peace officers who take minors into temporary custody under dependency laws.

Terms To Know

Medi-Cal
A state health care program for qualified low-income individuals that receives federal funding.
Network provider
A medical facility or doctor that has a specific contract with an insurance plan to provide services at agreed-upon rates.
Directed payments
Extra money paid directly from the state program to providers based on performance goals, separate from regular service fees.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill states that federal approvals may be necessary before these payment changes can fully take effect.
  • Payments are only calculated for services provided after July 9, 2024; earlier dates do not qualify under this rule change.

Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Assembly - Died - Appropriations

Official Summary Text

Medi-Cal: skilled nursing facility services.