California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14132.58

WIC § 14132.58 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)The department shall file all necessary state plan amendments, as set forth in Section 457.40 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, to exercise the health services initiative (HSI) option made available under the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), established under Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1397aa et seq.), as that option is described in Section 1397ee(a)(1)(D)(ii) of Title 42 of the United States Code, and as HSI is defined in Section 457.10 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, to cover vision services provided to low-income children statewide through a mobile optometric office, as defined in Section 3070.2 of the Business and Professions Code and in accordance with subdivision (g) of Section 14043.15 and with Section 14043.26.

(b)(1) This section shall be implemented only to the extent that any necessary federal approvals are obtained and federal financial participation is available. The federal financial participation shall be limited to no more than 3 percent of the total federal dollars available for expenditures not used for Medicaid or health insurance assistance, as described in Section 1397ee(c)(2)(A) of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(2)This section shall be implemented by January 1, 2025, or the date that any necessary federal approvals have been obtained, whichever date is later.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 487, Sec. 2. (SB 502) Effective January 1, 2024.