California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14126.024

WIC § 14126.024 Effective Jun 30, 2025Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 3.8

Statute text

(a)For managed care rating periods that begin between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2025, inclusive, the department, in consultation with representatives from the long-term care industry, organized labor, consumer advocates, and Medi-Cal managed care plans, shall establish and implement the Workforce and Quality Incentive Program under which a network provider furnishing skilled nursing facility services to a Medi-Cal managed care enrollee may earn performance-based directed payments from the Medi-Cal managed care plan they contract with in accordance with this section.

(b)Subject to appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, the department shall do all of the following:

(1)Set the amount of performance-based directed payments to target an aggregate amount of two hundred eighty million dollars ($280,000,000) for the 2023 calendar year.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 21, Sec. 99. (AB 116) Effective June 30, 2025. Inoperative January 1, 2026, by its own provisions. Conditionally repealed on or after January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.