California § 14021.7 - The department shall amend the state plan for medical assistance under the Medica

§ 14021.7. The department shall amend the state plan for medical assistance under the Medica

(a) The department shall amend the state plan for medical assistance under the Medicaid program pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 1396n of Title 42 of the United States Code, to add targeted case management services for those pregnant and parenting adolescents and their children, targeted by the department, in those localities served on January 1, 1991, by the Adolescent Family Life Program (Article 1 (commencing with Section 124175) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code), as a covered benefit under the Medi-Cal program. The department shall submit the amended plan for federal approval by April 1, 1991. (b) For purposes of this section, the term “targeted case management services” shall be defined as those services provided to pregnant and parenting adolescents pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 124175) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code. (c) Upon federal approval for federal financial assistance, the department shall establish the standards under which targeted case management services qualify as a Medi-Cal reimbursable service, subject to the availability of funding through the budget process, and shall develop an appropriate rate of reimbursement, subject to utilization controls.