A joint informational hearing was held by the Assembly Health
Committee and Senate Health Committee on Tuesday to receive an
update on the status of the implementation of the Federal
Medicaid Managed Care Rule in California. The committees received
an update on the rule from the Department of Health Care Services
and its impact on consumers.
The committees also heard from a wide range of stakeholders on
the impact of the rule’s implementation’s impact on plans,
providers, and consumers. These stakeholders included the
California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems,
the California Association of Health Plans, Health Access
California, and the Western Center on Law & Poverty. Suzanne
Tavano, the Director of Marin County Behavioral Health and the
President of the County Behavioral Health Directors Association,
also provided the committees with information on the impact of
the Medicaid Managed Care Rule on behavioral health patients.
Additional information on the hearing and background on the new
Managed Care Rule can be found here.
