CHAPTER 8.9. Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health

Chapter 8.9 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 29, Sec. 20.

§§ 14700–14727 · 35 sections

§ 14700 (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to transfer to the State Department of Health Care Services, no later than July 1, 2012, the state administration…
§ 14701 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in collaboration with the State Department of State Hospitals and the California Health and Human Services…
§ 14702 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Health Care Services. (b) “Director” means…
§ 14703 Contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the requirements of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) and Chapter 2 (commencing…
§ 14704 A regulation or order concerning Medi-Cal specialty mental health services adopted by the State Department of Mental Health pursuant to Division 5 (commencing…
§ 14705 (a) (1) This section shall apply to specialty mental health services provided by counties to Medi-Cal eligible individuals. Counties shall provide services to…
§ 14705.5 Each public or private facility or agency providing local specialty mental health services pursuant to a county performance contract plan shall make a written…
§ 14705.7 Mental health plans may contract with providers on a negotiated net amount basis in the same manner as set forth in Section 5705. Negotiated net amounts or…
§ 14706 (a) The department shall have responsibility for conducting investigations and audits of claims and reimbursements for expenditures for specialty mental health…
§ 14707 (a) In the case of federal audit exceptions, the department shall follow federal audit appeal processes unless the department, in consultation with the County…
§ 14707.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to develop a performance outcome system for Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) mental…
§ 14707.7 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to build upon performance outcomes system reports the department has developed pursuant to Section 14707.5 and the…
§ 14708 (a) For purposes of federal reimbursement to counties that have certified to the state that they have incurred certified public expenditures, the reimbursement…
§ 14709 The provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 14000 shall not be construed to prevent providers of specialty mental health services pursuant to this chapter…
§ 14710 Except as otherwise provided in this section, in determining the amounts which may be paid, fees paid by persons receiving services or fees paid on behalf of…
§ 14711 (a) The department shall develop, in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, a reimbursement methodology for use in…
§ 14712 (a) Notwithstanding any other state law, the department shall implement managed mental health care for Medi-Cal beneficiaries through contracts with mental…
§ 14713 (a) The department and mental health plans shall comply with all applicable federal laws, regulations, and the guidelines, standards, and requirements…
§ 14714 (a) (1) Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, a contract entered into pursuant to this chapter shall include a provision that the mental health plan…
§ 14715 (a) (1) The department shall require any mental health plan that provides Medi-Cal specialty mental health services to enter into a memorandum of understanding…
§ 14716 (a) Each local mental health plan shall establish a procedure to ensure access to outpatient specialty mental health services, as required by the Early…
§ 14717 (a) In order to facilitate the receipt of medically necessary specialty mental health services by a foster child who is placed outside his or her county of…
§ 14717.1 (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “foster child” or “foster children” means a Medi-Cal eligible child or children younger than 21 years of age who have…
§ 14717.2 (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “foster child” or “foster children” means a Medi-Cal eligible child or children younger than 21 years of age who have…
§ 14717.25 (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “foster child” or “foster children” means a Medi-Cal eligible child or children younger than 21 years of age who have…
§ 14717.26 (a) For purposes of this section, “foster children” means Medi-Cal eligible children younger than 21 years of age who have been placed into foster care by a…
§ 14717.5 (a) A mental health plan review shall be conducted annually by an external quality review organization (EQRO) pursuant to federal regulations at 42 C.F.R.…
§ 14718 (a) This section shall be limited to specialty mental health services reimbursed to a mental health plan that certifies public expenditures subject to cost…
§ 14718.5 Notwithstanding any other law, including subdivision (b) of Section 16310 of the Government Code, the Controller may use the moneys in the Mental Health…
§ 14721 (a) This chapter shall only be implemented to the extent that the necessary federal waivers are obtained. The director shall execute a declaration, to be…
§ 14722 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a mental health plan may enter into a contract for the provision of specialty mental health services for Medi-Cal…
§ 14723 (a) Each eligible public agency, as described in subdivision (b), may, in addition to reimbursement or other payments that the agency would otherwise receive…
§ 14725 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall develop a quality assurance program to govern the delivery of Medi-Cal specialty mental health services,…
§ 14726 The department shall approve each local program’s initial quality assurance plan, and shall thereafter review and approve each program’s Medi-Cal specialty…
§ 14727 (a) A mental health plan shall notify beneficiaries, prospective beneficiaries, and members of the public of all of the following information: (1) The…