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CA SB1202

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/19/2026

Primary Sponsor

Akilah Weber Pierson

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Health Care Services to create a public data dashboard by January 1, 2028, tracking Medi-Cal applications, enrollment, redeterminations, disenrollments, and terminations stratified by county and demographics including age, race, ethnicity, language, and gender

  • Mandates state outreach to Medi-Cal beneficiaries about new federal work/community engagement requirements enacted under Public Law 119-21 (July 4, 2025), including compliance instructions, exemption processes, and consequences of noncompliance

  • Requires Medi-Cal managed care plans to establish outreach and education programs for enrollees covering work requirements, due process rights when eligibility is denied, and contact information for community health workers and navigators

  • Counties must make good faith efforts to collaborate with community-based organizations on outreach, with all efforts meeting National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

  • Dashboard must track work requirement exemptions requested and granted, procedural denials, terminations, and appeals data with monthly updates accessible to the public

Legislative Description

Medi-Cal: dashboard and outreach.

Last Action

Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

3/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Health3/4/2026
Rules2/19/2026

Full Bill Text

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