California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14016.55

WIC § 14016.55 Effective Aug 19, 1998Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)It is the intent of the Legislature that Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are required to enroll in a Medi-Cal managed care health plan make an informed choice that is not the result of confusion, lack of information, or understanding of the choices available to them.

(b)It is the intent of the Legislature that the department strive to increase the level of choice of Medi-Cal beneficiaries required to enroll in a Medi-Cal managed care health plan and that default rates be no greater than 20 percent in any participating county.

(c)In any county in which conversion to managed care plan enrollment has taken place and where the default rate, as defined in subdivision (e), is 20 percent or higher in two consecutive months occurring after conversion upon the effective date of this section, the department shall conduct a one-time survey of beneficiaries aimed at determining the reasons why beneficiaries fail to enroll into a managed care plan when required to do so by the department or its health care options contractor.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 310, Sec. 78. Effective August 19, 1998.