California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14087.9730

WIC § 14087.9730 Effective Jun 20, 2014Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 2.81

Statute text

(a)In an effort to determine whether children’s access to, and utilization of, vision care services can be increased by providing vision care services at schools, the department shall establish a pilot program in the County of Los Angeles that enables school districts to allow students enrolled in Medi-Cal managed care plans to receive vision care services at the schoolsite through the use of a mobile vision service provider. The vision care services available under this pilot program are limited to vision examinations and providing eyeglasses.

(b)The Medi-Cal managed care plans in the County of Los Angeles shall jointly identify and develop standards and participation criteria that the participating mobile vision service provider shall meet in order to be deemed qualified to participate in the pilot program, in consultation with the department and consistent with any applicable federal requirements governing Medicaid managed care contracts. In the event the Medi-Cal managed care plans have not developed standards and participation criteria by January 1, 2015, or by the scheduled start date of the pilot program if later, the department shall determine the standards and participating criteria for purposes of this pilot program.

(c)This section shall not be construed to preclude Los Angeles County school district students not enrolled in Medi-Cal managed care from accessing vision care services from a mobile vision service provider participating in this pilot program.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 40, Sec. 4. (SB 870) Effective June 20, 2014. Note: See related declaration of intent in Stats. 2014, Ch. 40, Sec. 11.