California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14094.18

WIC § 14094.18 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 2.985

Statute text

(a)(1) The department shall contract with an independent entity that has experience in performing robust program evaluations to conduct an evaluation to assess Medi-Cal managed care plan performance and the outcomes and the experience of CCS-eligible children and youth participating in the Whole Child Model program, including access to primary and specialty care, and youth transitions from Whole Child Model program to adult Medi-Cal coverage.

(2)The department shall provide a report on the results of this evaluation required pursuant to this section to the Legislature by January 1, 2021, or three years from the date when all counties described in Section 14094.5 are fully operational under the Whole Child Model program pursuant to this article, whichever is later. A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(b)The evaluation required by this section, at a minimum, shall evaluate the performance of the plans participating in the Whole Child Model program as compared to the performance of the CCS program prior to the implementation of the Whole Child Model program in those same counties. The evaluation shall evaluate whether the inclusion of CCS services in a managed care delivery system improves access to care, quality of care, and the patient experience by analyzing all of the following, and when possible, disaggregating the results, based on the child’s or youth’s race, ethnicity, and primary language spoken at home:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 511, Sec. 23. (AB 1688) Effective January 1, 2018.