Bill Text: CA AB492 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Medi-Cal: reproductive and behavioral health integration pilot programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-06-14 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH. [AB492 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB492-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 23, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Pellerin (Coauthor: Assembly Member Schiavo) |
February 07, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law sets forth various reproductive health provisions within the jurisdiction of the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Health Care Services, among other entities. Existing law governs various behavioral health services within the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, the Department of Health Care Access and Information, and county public health or behavioral health departments, among other entities. Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates community clinics.
Existing law, the Maternal Mental Health Conditions Education, Early Diagnosis, and Treatment Act, requires a general acute care hospital or special hospital that has a perinatal unit to develop and
implement a program to provide education and information to appropriate health care professionals and patients about maternal mental health conditions, as defined. Existing law sets forth other provisions relating to screening for those conditions.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish a reproductive and behavioral health integration pilot program to support community clinics that are developing or expanding programs to provide screening, referrals, and interventions for Californians at risk for mild-to-moderate mental health conditions in reproductive health services facilities.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Article 5.52 (commencing with Section 14184.811) is added to Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:Article 5.52. Reproductive and Behavioral Health Integration Pilot Programs
14184.811.
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:14184.812.
(a) On or before July 1, 2024, subject to an appropriation made by the Legislature for the purpose of this section, the department shall make grants, incentive payments, or other financial support available to Medi-Cal managed care plans to develop and implement reproductive and behavioral health integration pilot programs in partnership with identified qualified providers, in order to improve access to behavioral health services for beneficiaries with mild-to-moderate behavioral health conditions.14184.813.
(a) On or before July 1, 2024, subject to an appropriation made by the Legislature for the purpose of this section, the department shall make grants or other financial support available to qualified providers for reproductive and behavioral health integration pilot programs, in order to support development and expansion of services, infrastructure, and capacity for the integration of behavioral health services for beneficiaries with mild-to-moderate behavioral health conditions.14184.814.
(a) The department shall convene a working group to do all of the following:It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish a reproductive and behavioral health integration pilot program to support community clinics that are developing or expanding programs to provide screening, referrals, and interventions for Californians at risk for mild-to-moderate mental health conditions in reproductive health services facilities.