California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

• Section 14050.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, 2nd Ex....
• Section 14050.1.
  For purposes of this chapter, “categorically needy person” means a person whose coverage is mandatory under Title XIX of the Social Security Act including, but...
• Section 14050.2.
  For the purposes of this chapter “aid” means financial assistance provided to or in behalf of needy persons under the provisions of Chapters 2 (commencing...
• Section 14050.3.
  “A person in long-term care” means a person who is an inpatient in a medical facility for more than the month of admission who is...
• Section 14051.
  (a) “Medically needy person” means any of the following:(1) An aged, blind, or disabled person who meets the definition of aged, blind, or disabled under the Supplemental...
• Section 14051.5.
  (a) “Medically needy person” also means any person who receives in-home supportive services pursuant to Section 12305.5 and whose income and resources are insufficient to provide...
• Section 14052.
  “State-only Medi-Cal person” means a person who resides in a nursing facility or any category of intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled, and who...
• Section 14052.1.
  “Cuban-Haitian entrant or refugee” means a person eligible under the Cuban-Haitian Entrant Program or Refugee Resettlement Program, as defined in federal regulations.(Added by Stats. 1985,...
• Section 14053.
  (a) The term “health care services” means the benefits set forth in Article 4 (commencing with Section 14131) of this chapter and in Section 14021. The...
• Section 14053.1.
  Notwithstanding Section 14053, ancillary outpatient services, pursuant to Section 14132, for any eligible individual who is 21 years of age or over, and has not...
• Section 14053.3.
  (a) Except as provided under federal law, federal financial participation reimbursement is not allowed for ancillary services provided to persons residing in facilities that have been...
• Section 14053.5.
  For the purposes of the Medi-Cal Act, the terms “prescribed drug” and “prescription drug” shall not include any drug which, because of differing prices charged...
• Section 14053.6.
  Prior to including or excluding any drug from the program, the director shall give adequate notice to those California associations of health professionals and those...
• Section 14053.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and only to the extent that federal financial participation is available, the department may provide Medi-Cal eligibility and reimbursement...
• Section 14053.8.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall develop a process to allow counties to receive any available federal financial participation for acute inpatient hospital services...
• Section 14053.9.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall develop a process to allow the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, or...
• Section 14054.
  “Share of cost” means the amount of the costs of health care which a person or family eligible under Section 14005.4 or 14005.7 must incur...
• Section 14054.5.
  “Elective services” means any treatment service which generally can be postponed without seriously affecting the health of the person requiring the service.(Added by Stats. 1968,...
• Section 14055.
  (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “caretaker relative” means a relative of a dependent child by blood, adoption, or marriage with whom the child is...
• Section 14056.
  “Minimum coverage” means prescribed drugs for public assistance recipients as established by the director, and care or coverage specified in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4),...
• Section 14057.
  (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “insurance affordability program” means a program that is one of the following:(1) The state’s Medi-Cal program under Title XIX of...
• Section 14057.5.
  “Contract hospital” means a nonprofit medical facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code,...
• Section 14059.
  Health care provided under this chapter may include diagnostic, preventive, corrective, and curative services and supplies essential thereto, provided by qualified medical and related personnel...
• Section 14059.5.
  A service is “medically necessary” or a “medical necessity” when it is reasonable and necessary to protect life, to prevent significant illness or significant disability,...
• Section 14060.
  Every recipient who is entitled to visual care under this chapter, which may be rendered either by an optometrist or a physician, may select a...
• Section 14061.
  As used in this chapter, “director” means the State Director of Health Services.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
• Section 14062.
  As used in this chapter, “department” means the State Department of Health Services.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
• Section 14063.
  As used in this chapter, “Medi-Cal” means the California Medical Assistance Program.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 577.)
• Section 14064.
  A. Inpatient intensive rehabilitation hospital services shall consist of programs for:1. Strengthening and training of selected muscle groups.2. Preservation and restoration of joint mobility (prevention and correction of...
• Section 14065.
  As used in this chapter, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200), Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 14500), and Chapter 8.7 (commencing with Section 14520) of...
• Section 14066.
  As used in this chapter, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200), Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 14500), and Chapter 8.7 (commencing with Section 14520) of...
• Section 14067.
  (a) The department, in conjunction with the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, may develop and conduct a community outreach and education campaign to help families learn...
• Section 14067.3.
  (a) (1) The department may maintain an allocation program for the management and funding of county outreach and enrollment plans to enroll and retain eligible children in...
• Section 14067.5.
  The department shall encourage counties to outstation additional Medi-Cal eligibility workers in nontraditional sites, such as schools, private hospitals, clinics, mental health centers, sites providing...
• Section 14068.
  In conducting outreach activities for the enrollment of special needs populations into a Medi-Cal managed care program, the department and its contractors, as deemed applicable...

Last modified: October 22, 2018