California § 12693.68 - The board shall encourage all plans, including those receiving purchasing credits
Full text of California Public Contract Code - PCC § 12693.68 — The board shall encourage all plans, including those receiving purchasing credits, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 12693.68. The board shall encourage all plans, including those receiving purchasing credits
The board shall encourage all plans, including those receiving purchasing credits, that provide services under the program to have viable protocols for screening and referring children needing supplemental services outside of the scope of the screening, preventive, and medically necessary and therapeutic services covered by the contract to public programs providing such supplemental services for which they may be eligible, as well as for coordination of care between the plan and the public programs. The public programs for which plans may be required to develop screening, referral, and care coordination protocols may include the California Childrenâs Services Program, the regional centers, county mental health programs, substance use disorder programs administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, and programs administered by local education agencies.
Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12693.68 ("The board shall encourage all plans, including those receiving purchasing credits") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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