California Welfare and Institutions Code 14186.1 – For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply …
For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless otherwise specified:
(a) “Coordinated Care Initiative counties” has the same meaning as that term is defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 14182.16.
Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 14186.1
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- department: means the State Department of Health Services. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14062
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
- Medi-Cal: means the California Medical Assistance Program. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14063
(b) “Home- and community-based services” means services provided pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (c).
(c) “Long-term services and supports” or “LTSS” means all of the following:
(1) In-home supportive services (IHSS) provided pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3, and Sections 14132.95, 14132.952, and 14132.956. Notwithstanding any other law, this paragraph shall be operative only through December 31, 2017.
(2) Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS).
(3) Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) services, which include those services approved under a federal home- and community-based services waiver or, beginning no sooner than January 1, 2020, or on the date the managed care health plans and MSSP providers jointly satisfy the readiness criteria developed pursuant to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 14186.3, whichever is earlier, equivalent services. Notwithstanding any other law, this paragraph shall be operative only through December 31, 2021.
(4) Skilled nursing facility services and subacute care services established under subdivision (c) of Section 14132, including those services described in Sections 51511 and 51511.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, regardless of whether the service is included in the basic daily rate or billed separately, and any leave of absence or bed hold provided consistent with Section 72520 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations or the state plan. However, services provided by any category of intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled shall not be considered long-term services and supports.
(d) “Home- and community-based services (HCBS) plan benefits” may include in-home and out-of-home respite, nutritional assessment, counseling, and supplements, minor home or environmental adaptations, habilitation, and other services that may be deemed necessary by the managed care health plan, including its care coordination team. The department, in consultation with stakeholders, may determine whether health plans shall be required to include these benefits in their scope of service, and may establish guidelines for the scope, duration, and intensity of these benefits. The grievance process for these benefits shall be the same process as used for other benefits authorized by managed care health plans, and shall comply with Section 14450, and Sections 1368 and 1368.1 of the Health and Safety Code.
(e) “Managed care health plan” means an individual, organization, or entity that enters into a contract with the department pursuant to Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 14087.3), Article 2.8 (commencing with Section 14087.5), Article 2.81 (commencing with Section 14087.96), or Article 2.91 (commencing with Section 14089), of this chapter, or Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200). For purposes of this article, “managed care health plan” shall not include an individual, organization, or entity that enters into a contract with the department to provide services pursuant to Chapter 8.75 (commencing with Section 14591) or the Senior Care Action Network.
(f) “Other health coverage” means health coverage providing the same full or partial benefits as the Medi-Cal program, health coverage under another state or federal medical care program except for the Medicare Program (Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq.)), or health coverage under a contractual or legal entitlement, including, but not limited to, a private group or indemnification insurance program.
(g) “Recipient” means a Medi-Cal beneficiary eligible for In-Home Supportive Services provided pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3, and Sections 14132.95, 14132.952, and 14132.956.
(h) “Stakeholder” shall include, but not be limited to, area agencies on aging and independent living centers.
(i) Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 34 of Chapter 37 of the Statutes of 2013, this section shall not be made inoperative as a result of any determination made by the Director of Finance pursuant to Section 34 of Chapter 37 of the Statutes of 2013.
(j) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, this section shall remain operative only through December 31, 2022.
(2) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 404. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021. Inoperative January 1, 2023, pursuant to subdivision (j). Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.)