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 healthcare health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, an individual is eligible for Medi-Cal benefits, to the extent required by federal law, as though the individual was pregnant, for all pregnancy-related and postpartum services for a 60-day period beginning on the last day of pregnancy.
This bill would extend Medi-Cal postpartum care for up to one year beginning on the last day of the pregnancy for an eligible individual
eligibility for a pregnant individual who is receiving health care coverage under the Medi-Cal program, or another specified program, and who has been diagnosed with a maternal mental health condition. condition, for a period of one year following the last day of the individual’s pregnancy if the individual complies with certain requirements. The bill would define maternal “maternal
mental health condition
condition” for purposes of the bill. bill.