California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14124.48

WIC § 14124.48 Effective Dec 18, 2024Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 3.3

Statute text

Definitions For purposes of this article, as used in both the singular and plural form, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)“Clinic” means an entity operating as one or more of the clinics described in Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b)“Direct patient care” means the provision of medical services, dental services, pharmaceutical services, or behavioral health services directly administered to individual patients being treated for, or suspected of having, medical or behavioral health conditions. Direct patient care includes preventive care that is directly administered to patients. Further, in order to qualify as “direct patient care,” the services must be health care services that are regularly provided by other health care providers in the community or nonprofit community-based organizations that are also receiving reimbursements or payments from the Medi-Cal, Medicaid, or Medicare programs.

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Legislative history

Added November 5, 2024, by initiative Proposition 34, Sec. 1. Effective December 18, 2024. Approved in Proposition 34 at the November 5, 2024, election. Operative January 1, 2025, pursuant to Section 14124.52.