(a) For purposes of this chapter, “PACE organization” means an entity as defined in Section 460.6 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) The Director of Health Care Services shall establish the California Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, to provide community-based, risk-based, and capitated long-term care services as optional services under the state’s Medi-Cal State Plan and under contracts entered into between the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the department, and PACE organizations, meeting the requirements of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33) and any other applicable law or regulation.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 30, Sec. 33. (SB 833) Effective June 27, 2016.)
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