Bill > SB1511

This bill makes several changes to California's health care laws: 1) It clarifies that Medi-Cal managed care contracts between health plans and the state are not considered "group contracts" under the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act. 2) It authorizes general acute care hospitals to allow terminally ill patients to use medicinal cannabis within the hospital. 3) It requires the Department of Health Care Services to fund and staff the administration of the LEA Medi-Cal Billing Option program through proportional reductions in federal Medicaid payments to local educational agencies, with the funds deposited into a dedicated recovery fund. 4) It makes conforming changes to the definition of "gravely disabled" for involuntary commitment under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act. 5) It requires the Department of Public Health to regularly review fetal death registrations and notify licensing entities of repeated failures to timely register. 6) It allows certain entities like health plans and facilities to access death record indices and data from the State Registrar subject to reasonable cost recovery. 7) It imposes various requirements on private health insurers related to coordinating benefits and responding to claims from the Medi-Cal program and managed care plans. 8) It changes the annual reporting deadline for certain clinics from February 15 to March 15.

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