California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14105.291

WIC § 14105.291 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)(1) Subject to subdivision (d), additional Medi-Cal payments shall be made to district and municipal hospitals and their affiliated government entities, in recognition of the Medi-Cal managed care share of graduate medical education costs. To the extent permissible under federal law, the department shall make these payments directly to the district and municipal hospitals and their applicable affiliated government entities.

(2)The graduate medical education payments described in paragraph (1) shall be made in a manner consistent with the methodology for graduate medical education payments to designated public hospitals and their affiliated government entities pursuant to Section 14105.29, and shall consist of the components described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 14105.29.

(b)Subject to subdivision (d), the department may, in consultation with district and municipal public hospitals, seek federal approval to provide for other forms of graduate medical education payments to district and municipal public hospitals and their affiliated government entities, including payments that reflect the volume of fee-for-service Medi-Cal services or revenue to the extent the fee-for-service payments do not otherwise recognize graduate medical education costs, or incentive payments.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 308, Sec. 1. (SB 246) Effective January 1, 2026.