Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

All officers and employees of the Director of Health and the Director of Benefit Payments who on the operative date of this section are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a function vested in the State Departme…

The director may adopt regulations, orders, or standards of general application to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced by the department, and those regulations, orders, and standards shall be adopted, amended, or repealed by the director only in accordance wit…

All regulations heretofore adopted by the Director of the State Department of Benefit Payments which relate to payment, accounting, auditing and collection functions vested in the State Department of Health Services, or by the State Department of Health or any predecessor departm…

Except as otherwise provided by law, for purposes of the Health and Safety Code and this code, and any regulations adopted thereunder, after June 1, 1996, “children’s hospital” means any of the following hospitals: (a) Valley Children’s Hospital, Madera. (b) Miller Children’s Hos…

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, for purposes of this code and the Health and Safety Code, and any regulations adopted thereunder, “University of California children’s hospital” means each of the University of California children’s programs within the five University of C…

It is hereby declared that provision for health care services and medical assistance in this code is a matter of statewide concern. The State Department of Health Services is hereby designated as the single state agency with full power to supervise every phase of the administrati…

The department shall investigate, examine and make reports upon the public officers who are in any way responsible for the administration of public funds used for health care services and medical assistance. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)

The department shall advise public officers regarding the administration of health care services and medical assistance by public agencies throughout the state, and shall supervise the administration of such services and assistance to all persons receiving or eligible to receive …

In administering any funds appropriated or made available to the department for disbursement through the counties for welfare purposes, the department shall establish regulations, not in conflict with the law fixing statewide standards for the administration of all state or feder…

It is the intent of the Legislature that, if the department seeks a waiver for any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project in the 1995–96 fiscal year pursuant to the authority of Section 1315 of Title 42 of the United States Code that has as one of its objectives the obtain…

If the director considers a county director to be failing, in a substantial manner, to comply with any provision of this code or any regulation pertaining to the administration of health care services and medical assistance, he shall put the county director on written notice to t…

The department shall cause to be published and made available for sale to the public, at the cost of publishing, all of its rules and regulations relating to: (a) The government of the department. (b) Any form of health care services or medical assistance for which state aid is g…

When the department causes to be published for public distribution informational pamphlets and related materials relating to public assistance programs administered or supervised by the department, they shall be printed in English and may be printed separately in Spanish, or at t…

Copies of all laws relating to any form of public social service for which state aid is granted to counties, and over the administration of which the department has supervision, and of all bulletins and rules and regulations of the department, shall be made available to the publi…

The department may act as the agent or representative of or cooperate with the federal government in any matters within the scope of the functions of the department under this division, for the administration of federal funds granted to this state or for any other purpose in furt…

The department may join associations of social welfare agencies having as their purpose the interchanging or supplying of information relating to the technique of social welfare administration. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)

The functions of the department may include the administration and the supervision of the administration of health care services and medical assistance within this state as an agent of the federal government and acting as a service agency for the federal government in the field o…

The department, with the cooperation of the State Department of Social Services and the Employment Development Department, shall develop a homemaker and home health aid training and employment program for recipients under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program for pu…

The department shall, by March 1, 2017, in coordination with the Department of Finance, notify the Legislature of the fiscal impact on the Medi-Cal program resulting from, and the planned reimbursement methodology for emergency medical air transportation services after, the termi…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person receiving benefits under Section 12200 on December 14, 1999, and who meets the requirements of subdivision (b) shall be eligible to receive benefits under this chapter although he or she does not retain a residence in the…

This act is to be known as the Mental Health Master Plan Development Act. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1313, Sec. 1.)

The Legislature finds and declares that the mental health system is a large and important segment of California’s system of health care. The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) Public Law 99-660 requires that the State Department of Mental Health deve…

(a) Given the requirements of Public Law 99-660 and the significant policy issues currently facing the mental health system in California, a master plan for mental health is required which integrates these planning and reform efforts and which establishes priorities for the servi…

The Mental Health Master Plan shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of all of the following: (a) The specific planning elements required by Public Law 99-660. (b) Identification of priority populations to be served and a definition of those priority populations. (c) P…

(a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services may impose a plan of correction or assess civil money penalties pursuant to paragraph (2), or both, against a specified entity licensed or certified by the State Department of Health Care Services that fails to submit data accu…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Our delivery of long-term care needs to be vastly improved in order to coordinate services that are appropriate to each individual’s functional needs and financial situation. Care services should be holistic and add…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) The term “long-term care” refers to a wide range of supportive and health and social services for older adults and adults with disabilities. Long-term care differs from other types of care in that the goal of long…

Implementation of this chapter shall be grounded on the following principles: (a) Services shall be provided in the least restrictive, most home-based environment compatible with the health condition, mental status, and long-term needs of each consumer. (b) Services shall be acce…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Providers of long-term care programs, including, but not limited to, programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly, skilled nursing facilities, adult day care, adult day services, Alzheimer’s day care centers, and …

(a) By January 1, 2005, the agency, with recommendations from the Long-Term Care Council, shall set standards for CalCareNet, with the goal of creating an Internet site that links to counties and planning service areas, and that provides information on long-term care services tha…

(a) By January 1, 2004, the agency, based on recommendations from the Long-Term Care Council, shall recommend to the Legislature standards for care navigation, including suggestions for connecting consumers from the acute care system, to and through the long-term care system. (b)…

The implementation of a care navigation program, as described in Section 9255, shall be subject to the enactment of legislation requiring implementation. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 541, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2003.)