CA AB2726

Establishes a demonstration project called "Equal Access to Specialty Care Everywhere" to develop telehealth and virtual services specialty care networks serving safety-net providers through a grant program, subject to legislative appropriation.

Requires the California Health and Human Services Agency, in collaboration with the Department of Health Care Access and Information and State Department of Health Care Services, to administer grants to one or more grantees with at least 10 qualifying providers (rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers, critical access hospitals, and community health centers).

Directs grantees to use grant funds to establish specialist networks, provide health information technology and technical assistance for care coordination, and ensure interoperable electronic health record communication between primary and specialty care providers.

Requires an independent evaluation of the project examining whether it increases specialist capacity, reduces patient access barriers, improves provider financial sustainability, strengthens public health resiliency, and improves cost-effectiveness and care coordination.

Mandates public dissemination of lessons learned, recommendations, and best practices to inform future development of telehealth and specialty care networks for the health care safety net.