California § 14005.365 - It is the intent of the Legislature to develop a data dashboard to collect, track

§ 14005.365. It is the intent of the Legislature to develop a data dashboard to collect, track

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to develop a data dashboard to collect, track, analyze, and report on metrics related to the impact of federal H.R. 1 (Public Law 119-21) on Medi-Cal eligibility and enrollment. (b) The department, in collaboration with the California Health and Human Services Agency and in consultation with the California Health Benefit Exchange (Covered California), shall establish a data dashboard that provides data on applications, enrollment, redeterminations, disenrollments, and terminations, stratified by county and by demographic data, including age, race, ethnicity, language, and gender. The dashboard shall exclude any personally identifiable information. (c) The dashboard shall track and report on the specific data for work or community engagement requirements and exemptions under Public Law 119-21, including all of the following: (1) Enrollment totals of individuals receiving Medi-Cal coverage. (2) (A) Outcomes of determinations and redetermination of Medi-Cal eligibility. (B) Number of ex parte approvals, including procedural or administrative denials or terminations, and appeals data. (3) Number of individuals subject to work or community engagement requirements and their compliance with the requirements. (A) Of this group, the top five reasons that applications are denied and enrollees are terminated or disenrolled based on work or community engagement requirements. (B) Number of members who are specified excluded from work or community engagement. (C) Number of members who receive mandatory exceptions, including the number of members who request and receive short-term hardships. (d) (1) Commencing no later than January 1, 2028, the department shall operationalize the data dashboard and shall post the information described in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) on a quarterly basis in a downloadable format. (2) The department shall develop the dashboard in consultation with stakeholders, including consumers, advocates, Medi-Cal managed care plans, providers, counties, and the Legislature through the department-convened stakeholder workgroup meetings to ensure that the dashboard is user-friendly and that the data relied on can be accessed by the public. (e) In developing the dashboard, the department shall consider all of the following objectives, among others: (1) To learn and document the impact of Public Law 119-21 on Californians who apply for, or are enrolled in, the Medi-Cal program. (2) To allow the department and stakeholders to identify trends or problems with eligibility and enrollment in the Medi-Cal program based on the quarterly data reported, tracked, and analyzed over time to improve the program and address systemic or electronic application technology issues with the eligibility systems. (3) To obtain reliable data that are collected and analyzed in a timely fashion.