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FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator Costa
DATE' April 20, 1987 County
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Assembly Bill 219 (Margolin)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(_S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of Support for AB 219 by Assemblyman Margolin
which appropriates $25 million in order to provide hospitals
which serve a disproportionate number of Medi-Cal, and other
low-income persons, with a more adequate level of reimbursement
for Medi-Cal services. AB 219 also appropriates $6 million to
provide a more adequate level of reimbursement to physicians for
the disproportionate share of uncompensated emergency care they
provide.
BACKGROUND:
The Board has been on record for some time urging the Legislature
to provide a more adequate level of funding for Medi-Cal
services. Assemblyman Margolin has introduced AB 219 which would
provide some additional funding for this purpose. The funds
would go to those hospitals which serve a disproportionate share
of Medi-Cal persons, and other low-income persons. The bill does
not currently specify how the funds would be distributed nor does
it define "disproportionate" . Future amendments will undoubtedly
deal with this issue. However, since this bill is a vehicle for
addressing some of the problems with Medi-Cal reimbursement, we
believe the Board should support it.
AB 219 has passed the Assembly Health Committee and is now
awaiting a hearing in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE: lldw
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X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
S1GNATURE(S): lam &, " 'oe & "—
ACTION OF BOARD ON April 28, 1907 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER _
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE
DATE SHOWN.SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED APR 2 8 11M
Health Services Director
Jackson/Barish & Associates PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
D. J. Smith Associates SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Assemblyman Burt Margolin
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