AB 1117, as introduced, Cristina Garcia. Medi-Cal: vaccination rates.
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, 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 each county to establish a community child health and disability prevention program to include, among other things, health screening and evaluation services for all children that include immunizations and an assessment of immunization status.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to improve vaccination rates for persons 2 years of age in Medi-Cal managed care.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation to improve vaccination rates for persons two years of
3age in Medi-Cal managed care.
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