California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 4711.5

WIC § 4711.5 Effective Jun 30, 2022Div. 4.5 · Ch. 7 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)Upon receipt of an appeal request form requesting mediation, the hearing office shall promptly notify the claimant and their authorized representative, in their preferred language, and the regional center or state-operated facility, of the information applicable to mediation.

(b)(1) The mediation shall be held within 30 days of the date the appeal request form is received by the department or by another agency designated by the department to receive the appeal request form, or unless a continuance is requested and granted to the claimant at the discretion of the mediator.

(2)A continuance granted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall constitute a waiver of a Medicaid home and community-based services participant’s right to a decision within 90 days of the date the appeal request form is received by the department or by another agency designated by the department to receive the appeal request form. The extension of time for the final decision resulting from the continuance shall be only as long as the time period of the continuance.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 52) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 49, Sec. 53. (SB 188) Effective June 30, 2022. Operative March 1, 2023, by its own provisions.