Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law, subject to federal approval, imposes a hospital quality assurance fee, as specified, on certain general acute care hospitals to be deposited into the Hospital Quality Assurance Revenue Fund. Existing law provides that moneys in the Hospital Quality Assurance Revenue Fund are continuously appropriated during the first program period of January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2016, inclusive, and available only for certain purposes, including paying for health care coverage for children, as specified, and making supplemental payments for certain services to private hospitals and increased capitation payments to Medi-Cal managed care plans. For subsequent program periods, existing law requires that the moneys in the Hospital Quality Assurance Revenue Fund be used for the above-described purposes upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Existing law provides that these provisions are inoperative on January 1, 2017, and that a hospital is not required to pay the hospital quality assurance fee after that date, as specified.
California AB 1607 (20152016) — Medi-Cal: hospitals: quality assurance fee.
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law, subject to federal approval, imposes a hospital quality assurance fee, as specified, on certain general acute care hospitals to be deposited into the Hospital Quality Assurance Revenue Fund. Existing law provides that moneys in the Hospital Quality Assurance Revenue Fund are continuously appropriated during the first program period of January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2016, inclusive, and available only for certain purposes, including paying for health care coverage for children, as specified, and making supplemental payments for certain services to private hospitals and increased capitation payments to Medi-Cal managed care plans. For subsequent program periods, existing law requires that the moneys in the Hospital Quality Assurance Revenue Fund be used for the above-described purposes upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Existing law provides that these provisions are inoperative on January 1, 2017, and that a hospital is not required to pay the hospital quality assurance fee after that date, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1607 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — 51–26 (pass) · lower
AB 1607 BUDGET Concurrence - Urgency Added By TING — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 14–2 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1607 Committee On BUDGET (Ting) By Leno Urgency Clause — 34–4 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Committee on Budget — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-01-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-01-08 From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
2016-02-01 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2016-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2016-04-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 4573.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-05 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
2016-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 4377.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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