California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14184.201

WIC § 14184.201 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 5.51

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall standardize those applicable covered Medi-Cal benefits provided by Medi-Cal managed care plans under comprehensive risk contracts with the department on a statewide basis and across all models of Medi-Cal managed care in accordance with this section and the CalAIM Terms and Conditions.

(b)(1) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 2023, subject to subdivision (f) of Section 14184.102, the department shall include, or continue to include, skilled nursing facility services as capitated benefits in the comprehensive risk contract with each Medi-Cal managed care plan.

(2)For contract periods from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2025, inclusive, during which paragraph (1) is implemented, each Medi-Cal managed care plan shall reimburse a network provider furnishing skilled nursing facility services to a Medi-Cal beneficiary enrolled in that plan, and each network provider of skilled nursing facility services shall accept the payment amount the network provider of skilled nursing facility services would be paid for those services in the Medi-Cal fee-for-service delivery system, as defined by the department in the Medi-Cal State Plan and guidance issued pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 14184.102. For contract periods commencing on or after January 1, 2026, during which paragraph (1) is implemented, the department may elect to continue the payment requirement described in this paragraph, subject to subdivision (f) of Section 14184.102.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 243, Sec. 23. (SB 862) Effective January 1, 2026.