California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14019.3

WIC § 14019.3 Effective Aug 11, 2003Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)A beneficiary or any person on behalf of a beneficiary who has paid for medically necessary health care services, otherwise covered by the Medi-Cal program, received by the beneficiary shall be entitled to a return from a provider or directly from the department of any part of the payment that meets all of the following:

(1)Was rendered during the 90-day period prior to application for, his or her Medi-Cal card, or after application for but prior to the issuance of, his or her Medi-Cal card, for which the card authorizes payment under Section 14018 or 14019, or was charged to the beneficiary as excess copayment during the period after issuance of his or her Medi-Cal card.

(2)Is not payable by a third party under contractual or other legal entitlement.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 230, Sec. 58. Effective August 11, 2003.