CA SB1418

Extends full-scope Medi-Cal eligibility to individuals 19 years and older who meet all requirements except for immigration status, subject to available funding.

If sufficient funding is unavailable for full-scope benefits, eligible individuals receive limited-scope Medi-Cal benefits instead.

Requires eligible individuals to enroll in Medi-Cal managed care health plans and pay copayments and premium contributions same as other similarly situated Medi-Cal recipients.

Benefits must be provided with state-only funds if federal financial participation is not available; program is not an entitlement and department may establish enrollment limits and waiting lists.

Department must adopt regulations by July 1, 2018, and provide semiannual status reports to the Legislature starting July 1, 2016; bill takes effect immediately as an urgency statute.