RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT a position of support on the Medi-Cal Funding and Accountability Act.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Act makes the Medi-Cal hospital fee program and the protections permanent to create more certainty and to deliver approximately $10 billion in matching funds during the first three years. The Act also ensures that these funds cannot be diverted for other purposes.
BACKGROUND:
The Legislation Committee at its March 14, 2016 meeting recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider the Medi-Cal Funding and Accountability Act and adopt a position of support on it.
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