California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14053.9

WIC § 14053.9 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall develop a process to allow the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, or any successor, to receive any available federal financial participation for acute inpatient hospital services and inpatient psychiatric services provided to any juvenile inmates in the Division of Juvenile Facilities who are admitted as inpatients in a medical institution off the grounds of the correctional facility, and who, but for their institutional status as juvenile inmates, are otherwise eligible for Medi-Cal benefits pursuant to this chapter. This process shall be coordinated, to the extent possible, with the processes and procedures established pursuant to Section 14053.7 of this code and Section 5072 of the Penal Code.

(b)Any juvenile inmate in the Division of Juvenile Facilities who is an inpatient in a medical institution off the grounds of the correctional facility shall not be denied eligibility for Medi-Cal benefits under this section because of his or her institutional status as an inmate in the Division of Juvenile Facilities.

(c)The department shall consult with the Division of Juvenile Facilities in the development of the process pursuant to this section.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 162, Sec. 212. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2013.