California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14190.1

WIC § 14190.1 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 5.9

Statute text

(a)Subject to subdivision (b), and no later than January 1, 2025, a Medi-Cal managed care plan shall conduct annual outreach and education for its enrollees, based on a plan that the Medi-Cal managed care plan develops and submits to the department upon the department’s approval of the Medi-Cal managed care plan’s Population Needs Assessment, regarding the mental health benefits that are covered by the Medi-Cal managed care plan pursuant to Section 14189 and paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 14184.402.

(1)The outreach and education plan shall be informed by the Medi-Cal managed care plan’s stakeholder engagement, including the community advisory committee established by the Medi-Cal managed care plan, and by local stakeholders representing diverse racial and ethnic communities.

(2)The outreach and education plan shall be informed by the Medi-Cal managed care plan’s Population Needs Assessment and an assessment of utilization of covered mental health benefits by race, ethnicity, language, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, and shall ensure that materials and messaging are appropriate for the diversity of the plan enrollee membership. The Medi-Cal managed care plan shall submit the utilization assessment to the department.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 879, Sec. 1. (SB 1019) Effective January 1, 2023.