(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall, by January 1, 2011, do all of the following:

(1) Adopt industry standard claim forms for use by contract health care service providers.

Terms Used In California Penal Code 5023.6

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

(2) Be able to accept secure electronic submission of claims from contract health care service providers.

(3) Perform periodic audits of claims paid to contract health care providers.

(4) Provide secure, remote electronic access to claim status information to those contract health care service providers submitting claims electronically in the manner required by the department.

(b) The department may adopt policies and procedures for the purpose of enabling electronic health care claims management and processing. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of policies and procedures for this limited purpose are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 669, Sec. 2. (AB 1985) Effective January 1, 2011.)

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