Bill Text: CA AB2692 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Medi-Cal: lactation support.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-02 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH. [AB2692 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB2692-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2692

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Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper

February 20, 2020

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An act to amend Section 14134.55 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2692, as introduced, Cooper. Medi-Cal: lactation support.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and 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 requires the department to streamline and simplify Medi-Cal program procedures to improve access to lactation supports and breast pumps among Medi-Cal beneficiaries.

This bill would provide that lactation supports include lactation specialists.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 14134.55 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:

14134.55.

 The department shall streamline and simplify existing Medi-Cal program procedures in order to improve access to lactation supports supports, including lactation specialists, and breast pumps among Medi-Cal recipients. beneficiaries.