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CC - (1) Consideration of a Support Position for AB 369 (Kamlager) - Medi-Cal Services: Persons Experiencing Homelessness; and (2) Direction to the City Manager as Deemed Appropriate.
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Meeting Date: June 14, 2021
Contact Person/Dept: Shelly Wolfberg/City Manager's Office
Phone Number: (310) 253-6000
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Senator Kamlager's Office and Meetings and Agendas - City Council (06/09/2021)
Department Approval: Serena Wright-Black, Assistant City Manager (06/09/2021)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council (1) consider a support position for AB 369 - Medi-Cal services: persons experiencing homelessness; and (2) provide direction to the City Manager as deemed appropriate.
BACKGROUND
At the June 7, 2021 City Council Meeting, the City Council achieved consensus to agendize a City Council item to consider supporting AB 369 (Attachment 1) to be brought back for approval at a future City Council meeting. AB 369 was introduced by then-Assemblymember Kamlager, who has been since elected to the State Senate.
About AB 369
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law requires DHCS to provide presumptive Medi-Cal eligibility to pregnant women and children. Existing law authorizes a qualified hospital to make presumptive eligibility determinations if it complies with specified requirements. Existing law authorizes DHCS, on a regional pilot project basis, to issue an identification car...
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