California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 5 - Mental Health Managed Care

• Section 14680.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a need to establish a standard set of guidelines that governs the provision of managed Medi-Cal specialty...
• Section 14681.
  The department shall ensure that all contracts for Medi-Cal managed care include a process for screening, referral, and coordination with any mental health plan established,...
• Section 14682.1.
  (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall be designated as the state agency responsible for development, consistent with the requirements of Section 4060, and...
• Section 14683.
  The department shall ensure all of the following:(a) That mental health plans include a process for screening, referral, and coordination with other necessary services, including, but...
• Section 14684.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, and to the extent permitted by federal law, mental health plans, whether administered by public or private entities,...
• Section 14684.1.
  (a) The department shall establish a process for second level treatment authorization request appeals to review and resolve disputes between mental health plans and hospitals.(b) When the...
• Section 14685.1.
  Section 14685 is hereby repealed on November 7, 2012, if Section 36 has been added to Article XIII of the California Constitution as of that...

Last modified: October 22, 2018