California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14132.74

WIC § 14132.74 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)The department, in consultation with interested stakeholders, shall develop, as a pilot project, a pediatric palliative care benefit to evaluate whether, and to what extent, such a benefit should be offered under the Medi-Cal program. The pilot project shall be implemented only to the extent that federal financial participation is available.

(b)Beneficiaries eligible to receive the pediatric palliative care benefit shall be under 21 years of age. The department may further limit the population served by the pilot project to a size deemed sufficient to make the evaluation required pursuant to subdivision (a).

(c)Services covered under the pediatric palliative care benefit shall be designed to meet the unique needs of children, and shall include those types of services that are available through the Medi-Cal hospice benefit. The benefit shall also include the following services, regardless of whether those services are covered under the Medi-Cal hospice benefit:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 330, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.