§ 14149

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article, to expand eligibility for Medi-Cal benefits, with the exception of prescription drug benefits provided by the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), to persons with HIV who are enrolled in ADAP and who are not disabled, but who, if disabled, would qualify for Medi-Cal benefits.

(b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that this expansion of the existing Medi-Cal program be funded by cost savings achieved through the voluntary enrollment into the existing Medi-Cal managed care program of persons who are disabled as a result of AIDS, and who are either receiving Medi-Cal benefits on a fee-for-service basis as of January 1, 2003, or who become eligible to receive Medi-Cal benefits on or after January 1, 2003.

(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the State Department of Health Services encourage the voluntary enrollment into the existing Medi-Cal managed care program of persons described in subdivision (b) in order to obtain sufficient cost savings to provide Medi-Cal benefits to the maximum feasible number of persons with HIV subject to the constraints of this article.

(d) It is further the intent of the Legislature that all protections of state and federal law and regulations that apply to the state’s Medi-Cal managed care program shall apply to those persons who become eligible for Medi-Cal pursuant to this article.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 684, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)