Bill Text: CA SB1264 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Medi-Cal: hypertension medication management services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-08-16 - August 16 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB1264 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Senate Bill | No. 1264 |
| Introduced by Senator Stone |
February 15, 2018 |
An act to amend Section 14132.968 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1264, as amended, Stone.
Medi-Cal: hypertension medication management services.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income persons receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law provides for a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program, which includes pharmacist services, subject to approval by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Under existing law, covered pharmacist services include, but are not limited to, furnishing travel medications, initiating and administering immunizations, providing tobacco cessation counseling, and furnishing nicotine replacement therapy.
This bill would include providing specified
hypertension medication management services as a covered pharmacist service under the Medi-Cal program.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14132.968 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:14132.968.
(a) (1) Pharmacist services are a benefit under the Medi-Cal program, subject to approval by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.(2) The department shall establish a fee schedule for the list of pharmacist services.
(3) The rate of reimbursement for pharmacist services shall be at 85 percent of the fee schedule for physician services under the Medi-Cal program.
(b) (1) The following services are covered pharmacist services that may be provided to a Medi-Cal beneficiary:
(A) Furnishing travel medications as authorized in clause (3) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (10) of subdivision (a) of Section 4052 of the Business and Professions Code.
(B) Furnishing naloxone hydrochloride as authorized in Section 4052.01 of the Business and Professions Code.
(C) Furnishing self-administered hormonal contraception, as authorized in Section 4052.3 of the Business and Professions Code.
(D) Initiating and administering immunizations as authorized in Section 4052.8 of the Business and Professions Code.
(E) Providing tobacco cessation counseling and furnishing nicotine replacement therapy
as authorized in Section 4052.9 of the Business and Professions Code.
(F) Providing hypertension medication management services pursuant to Sections 4052.1, 4052.2, and 4052.6 of the Business and Professions Code. one of the following:
(i) Any two of the three services in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 4052.1 of the Business and Professions Code.
(ii) Any two of the three services in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 4052.2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(iii) Any two of the three services in
paragraphs (1), (2), and (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 4052.6 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2) Covered pharmacist services shall be subject to department protocols and utilization controls.
(c) A pharmacist shall be enrolled as an ordering, referring, and prescribing provider under the Medi-Cal program prior to rendering a pharmacist service that is submitted by a Medi-Cal pharmacy provider for reimbursement pursuant to this section.
(d) (1) The director shall seek any necessary federal approvals to implement this section. This section shall not be implemented until the necessary federal approvals are obtained and shall be implemented only to the extent that federal financial
participation is available.
(2) This section does not restrict or prohibit any services currently provided by pharmacists as authorized by law, including, but not limited to, this chapter, or the Medicaid state plan.
(e) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department may implement, interpret, or make specific this section, and any applicable federal waivers and state plan amendments, by means of all-county letters, plan letters, plan or provider bulletins, or similar instructions, without taking regulatory action. By July 1, 2021, the department shall adopt regulations in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code. Commencing July 1, 2017, the department shall provide a status report to the Legislature on a semiannual basis, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, until regulations have been adopted.
