100100. There is in the state government in the California Health
and Human Services Agency, a State Department of Health Services
which, effective July 1, 2007, is hereby renamed the State Department
of Health Care Services. Commencing July 1, 2007, any reference in
this chapter, in Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 100145), or in
Article 1 (commencing with Section 100150) of Chapter 2 to the State
Department of Health Services is deemed to, instead, refer to the
State Department of Health Care Services with regard to functions not
transferred to the State Department of Public Health. Commencing
July 1, 2007, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and
jurisdiction of the former State Department of Health Services not
vested in the State Department of Public Health pursuant to Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 131050) of Part 1 of Division 112, shall be
retained by, and thereafter be performed by, the renamed State
Department of Health Care Services.
100105. (a) The department is under the control of an executive
officer known as the Director of Health Care Services, who shall be
appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and
hold office at the pleasure of the Governor.
(b) The director shall receive the annual salary provided by
Article 1 (commencing with Section 11550) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(c) Upon recommendation of the director, the Governor may appoint
not to exceed two chief deputies of the department, subject to
confirmation by the Senate, who shall hold office at the pleasure of
the Governor. The salaries of the chief deputies shall be fixed in
accordance with law.
100110. The director shall have the powers of a head of the
department pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of
Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
100115. There is in the department a Division of Rural Health. The
division shall administer Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 124550)
and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 124575) of Part 4 of Division
106, Section 101300, and Article 1 (commencing with Section 124600)
of Chapter 5 of Part 4 of Division 106.
100120. All officers or employees of the department employed after
July 1, 1978, shall be appointed by the director.
100125. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, the
department shall develop a proposal for consolidation of various
programs affecting the health of mothers and children. The
department, in developing the proposal, shall consult with the State
Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Board, the California Conference
of Local Health Officers, the California State Association of
Counties, the Primary Care Clinic Advisory Committee, and other
organizations interested in health services for women and children,
as determined by the department, that shall assist it in identifying
waivers of state and federal requirements that would be necessary to
implement the proposal. The proposal shall consider administrative
cost savings that may result from this consolidation. The department
shall obtain waivers from state and federal requirements that the
department determines are necessary to make the proposal viable. Any
problem in obtaining the waivers shall be reported to the Legislature
with the proposals. The department shall submit its proposal to the
Legislature on or before January 1, 1984. Programs may include, but
need not be limited to, the following:
(a) California Children's Services.
(b) WIC--Special Supplemental Food.
(c) Child Health and Disability Prevention.
(d) California Immunization Assistance Program.
(e) Children and Youth Project.
(f) Dental Disease Prevention.
(g) Rural Health.
(h) Indian Health.
(i) Pediatric Renal Failure Centers.
(j) Prepaid Health Plans.
(k) Family Planning.
( l) Infant Medical Dispatch Centers Program.
(m) Childhood Lead Program.
(n) Tuberculosis Control Program.
(o) Venereal Disease.
(p) SSI Disabled Children's Program.
(q) Other maternal and child health programs, including, but not
limited to, the following:
(1) Sickle Cell.
(2) Prenatal Testing.
(3) Tay Sachs.
(4) Huntington's Disease.
(5) Prenatal Access.
(6) High Risk Followup.
(7) O.B. Access.
(8) Perinatal Health Clinics.
(9) Primary Care Clinics.
(10) Maternal and Child Health Grants.
Consolidation may include combining two or more specialized
programs or the development of a single planning, evaluation,
budgeting and reporting process for two or more programs that share a
common target population. The department may submit more than one
proposal for consolidation if two or more groupings of programs merit
consolidation.
Each proposal shall be developed after a review by the department
of consolidation efforts proposed or developed by the counties. In
the design of the proposal, the department shall consider how state
level plans may assist further development of these local efforts.
The department shall consult with the Department of Finance to
develop a simplified budget and reporting format for programs that
are recommended for consolidation.
The Department of Finance shall make modifications in the
California Fiscal Information System as it deems necessary to
accommodate the proposed program consolidation.
The office shall consult with the department with respect to the
implementation of this section. The office shall incorporate
recommendations for the consolidation of maternal, child, and
adolescent health services in applicable policy plans adopted after
January 1, 1983.
100130. Each state level consolidation proposal shall include plans
for the development of the following:
(a) Common eligibility standards for programs included within the
consolidated proposal, or, if federal law requires different
eligibility standards for these programs, a common method for
determining eligibility.
(b) A single form for the collection of necessary data from
individuals, or a uniform format shared by all programs included in
the consolidated proposal.
(c) A single form for reporting service delivery to the state.
(d) Shared plans, budgets, and fiscal accountability mechanisms,
including audit procedures.
(e) Common intake points for services included in the consolidated
system, that include eligibility determination, referral services,
and follow through.
(f) A unified case management system.
(g) A method of determining the needs of, and developing services
for, special populations.
(h) Implementation plans that propose solutions to any identified
significant barriers or gaps in service.
100135. The director may seek and grant waivers that the department
determines are reasonably necessary for the implementation of the
department's proposed consolidations.
100140. It is the intent of the Legislature that the duties and
responsibilities provided for in Sections 100125 and 100130 be
accomplished by utilizing existing staff resources, and that no
additional funding be provided other than that appropriated by the
Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
100100. There is in the state government in the California Health
and Human Services Agency, a State Department of Health Services
which, effective July 1, 2007, is hereby renamed the State Department
of Health Care Services. Commencing July 1, 2007, any reference in
this chapter, in Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 100145), or in
Article 1 (commencing with Section 100150) of Chapter 2 to the State
Department of Health Services is deemed to, instead, refer to the
State Department of Health Care Services with regard to functions not
transferred to the State Department of Public Health. Commencing
July 1, 2007, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and
jurisdiction of the former State Department of Health Services not
vested in the State Department of Public Health pursuant to Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 131050) of Part 1 of Division 112, shall be
retained by, and thereafter be performed by, the renamed State
Department of Health Care Services.
100105. (a) The department is under the control of an executive
officer known as the Director of Health Care Services, who shall be
appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and
hold office at the pleasure of the Governor.
(b) The director shall receive the annual salary provided by
Article 1 (commencing with Section 11550) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(c) Upon recommendation of the director, the Governor may appoint
not to exceed two chief deputies of the department, subject to
confirmation by the Senate, who shall hold office at the pleasure of
the Governor. The salaries of the chief deputies shall be fixed in
accordance with law.
100110. The director shall have the powers of a head of the
department pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of
Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
100115. There is in the department a Division of Rural Health. The
division shall administer Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 124550)
and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 124575) of Part 4 of Division
106, Section 101300, and Article 1 (commencing with Section 124600)
of Chapter 5 of Part 4 of Division 106.
100120. All officers or employees of the department employed after
July 1, 1978, shall be appointed by the director.
100125. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, the
department shall develop a proposal for consolidation of various
programs affecting the health of mothers and children. The
department, in developing the proposal, shall consult with the State
Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Board, the California Conference
of Local Health Officers, the California State Association of
Counties, the Primary Care Clinic Advisory Committee, and other
organizations interested in health services for women and children,
as determined by the department, that shall assist it in identifying
waivers of state and federal requirements that would be necessary to
implement the proposal. The proposal shall consider administrative
cost savings that may result from this consolidation. The department
shall obtain waivers from state and federal requirements that the
department determines are necessary to make the proposal viable. Any
problem in obtaining the waivers shall be reported to the Legislature
with the proposals. The department shall submit its proposal to the
Legislature on or before January 1, 1984. Programs may include, but
need not be limited to, the following:
(a) California Children's Services.
(b) WIC--Special Supplemental Food.
(c) Child Health and Disability Prevention.
(d) California Immunization Assistance Program.
(e) Children and Youth Project.
(f) Dental Disease Prevention.
(g) Rural Health.
(h) Indian Health.
(i) Pediatric Renal Failure Centers.
(j) Prepaid Health Plans.
(k) Family Planning.
( l) Infant Medical Dispatch Centers Program.
(m) Childhood Lead Program.
(n) Tuberculosis Control Program.
(o) Venereal Disease.
(p) SSI Disabled Children's Program.
(q) Other maternal and child health programs, including, but not
limited to, the following:
(1) Sickle Cell.
(2) Prenatal Testing.
(3) Tay Sachs.
(4) Huntington's Disease.
(5) Prenatal Access.
(6) High Risk Followup.
(7) O.B. Access.
(8) Perinatal Health Clinics.
(9) Primary Care Clinics.
(10) Maternal and Child Health Grants.
Consolidation may include combining two or more specialized
programs or the development of a single planning, evaluation,
budgeting and reporting process for two or more programs that share a
common target population. The department may submit more than one
proposal for consolidation if two or more groupings of programs merit
consolidation.
Each proposal shall be developed after a review by the department
of consolidation efforts proposed or developed by the counties. In
the design of the proposal, the department shall consider how state
level plans may assist further development of these local efforts.
The department shall consult with the Department of Finance to
develop a simplified budget and reporting format for programs that
are recommended for consolidation.
The Department of Finance shall make modifications in the
California Fiscal Information System as it deems necessary to
accommodate the proposed program consolidation.
The office shall consult with the department with respect to the
implementation of this section. The office shall incorporate
recommendations for the consolidation of maternal, child, and
adolescent health services in applicable policy plans adopted after
January 1, 1983.
100130. Each state level consolidation proposal shall include plans
for the development of the following:
(a) Common eligibility standards for programs included within the
consolidated proposal, or, if federal law requires different
eligibility standards for these programs, a common method for
determining eligibility.
(b) A single form for the collection of necessary data from
individuals, or a uniform format shared by all programs included in
the consolidated proposal.
(c) A single form for reporting service delivery to the state.
(d) Shared plans, budgets, and fiscal accountability mechanisms,
including audit procedures.
(e) Common intake points for services included in the consolidated
system, that include eligibility determination, referral services,
and follow through.
(f) A unified case management system.
(g) A method of determining the needs of, and developing services
for, special populations.
(h) Implementation plans that propose solutions to any identified
significant barriers or gaps in service.
100135. The director may seek and grant waivers that the department
determines are reasonably necessary for the implementation of the
department's proposed consolidations.
100140. It is the intent of the Legislature that the duties and
responsibilities provided for in Sections 100125 and 100130 be
accomplished by utilizing existing staff resources, and that no
additional funding be provided other than that appropriated by the
Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
100100. There is in the state government in the California Health
and Human Services Agency, a State Department of Health Services
which, effective July 1, 2007, is hereby renamed the State Department
of Health Care Services. Commencing July 1, 2007, any reference in
this chapter, in Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 100145), or in
Article 1 (commencing with Section 100150) of Chapter 2 to the State
Department of Health Services is deemed to, instead, refer to the
State Department of Health Care Services with regard to functions not
transferred to the State Department of Public Health. Commencing
July 1, 2007, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and
jurisdiction of the former State Department of Health Services not
vested in the State Department of Public Health pursuant to Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 131050) of Part 1 of Division 112, shall be
retained by, and thereafter be performed by, the renamed State
Department of Health Care Services.
100105. (a) The department is under the control of an executive
officer known as the Director of Health Care Services, who shall be
appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and
hold office at the pleasure of the Governor.
(b) The director shall receive the annual salary provided by
Article 1 (commencing with Section 11550) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(c) Upon recommendation of the director, the Governor may appoint
not to exceed two chief deputies of the department, subject to
confirmation by the Senate, who shall hold office at the pleasure of
the Governor. The salaries of the chief deputies shall be fixed in
accordance with law.
100110. The director shall have the powers of a head of the
department pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of
Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
100115. There is in the department a Division of Rural Health. The
division shall administer Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 124550)
and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 124575) of Part 4 of Division
106, Section 101300, and Article 1 (commencing with Section 124600)
of Chapter 5 of Part 4 of Division 106.
100120. All officers or employees of the department employed after
July 1, 1978, shall be appointed by the director.
100125. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, the
department shall develop a proposal for consolidation of various
programs affecting the health of mothers and children. The
department, in developing the proposal, shall consult with the State
Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Board, the California Conference
of Local Health Officers, the California State Association of
Counties, the Primary Care Clinic Advisory Committee, and other
organizations interested in health services for women and children,
as determined by the department, that shall assist it in identifying
waivers of state and federal requirements that would be necessary to
implement the proposal. The proposal shall consider administrative
cost savings that may result from this consolidation. The department
shall obtain waivers from state and federal requirements that the
department determines are necessary to make the proposal viable. Any
problem in obtaining the waivers shall be reported to the Legislature
with the proposals. The department shall submit its proposal to the
Legislature on or before January 1, 1984. Programs may include, but
need not be limited to, the following:
(a) California Children's Services.
(b) WIC--Special Supplemental Food.
(c) Child Health and Disability Prevention.
(d) California Immunization Assistance Program.
(e) Children and Youth Project.
(f) Dental Disease Prevention.
(g) Rural Health.
(h) Indian Health.
(i) Pediatric Renal Failure Centers.
(j) Prepaid Health Plans.
(k) Family Planning.
( l) Infant Medical Dispatch Centers Program.
(m) Childhood Lead Program.
(n) Tuberculosis Control Program.
(o) Venereal Disease.
(p) SSI Disabled Children's Program.
(q) Other maternal and child health programs, including, but not
limited to, the following:
(1) Sickle Cell.
(2) Prenatal Testing.
(3) Tay Sachs.
(4) Huntington's Disease.
(5) Prenatal Access.
(6) High Risk Followup.
(7) O.B. Access.
(8) Perinatal Health Clinics.
(9) Primary Care Clinics.
(10) Maternal and Child Health Grants.
Consolidation may include combining two or more specialized
programs or the development of a single planning, evaluation,
budgeting and reporting process for two or more programs that share a
common target population. The department may submit more than one
proposal for consolidation if two or more groupings of programs merit
consolidation.
Each proposal shall be developed after a review by the department
of consolidation efforts proposed or developed by the counties. In
the design of the proposal, the department shall consider how state
level plans may assist further development of these local efforts.
The department shall consult with the Department of Finance to
develop a simplified budget and reporting format for programs that
are recommended for consolidation.
The Department of Finance shall make modifications in the
California Fiscal Information System as it deems necessary to
accommodate the proposed program consolidation.
The office shall consult with the department with respect to the
implementation of this section. The office shall incorporate
recommendations for the consolidation of maternal, child, and
adolescent health services in applicable policy plans adopted after
January 1, 1983.
100130. Each state level consolidation proposal shall include plans
for the development of the following:
(a) Common eligibility standards for programs included within the
consolidated proposal, or, if federal law requires different
eligibility standards for these programs, a common method for
determining eligibility.
(b) A single form for the collection of necessary data from
individuals, or a uniform format shared by all programs included in
the consolidated proposal.
(c) A single form for reporting service delivery to the state.
(d) Shared plans, budgets, and fiscal accountability mechanisms,
including audit procedures.
(e) Common intake points for services included in the consolidated
system, that include eligibility determination, referral services,
and follow through.
(f) A unified case management system.
(g) A method of determining the needs of, and developing services
for, special populations.
(h) Implementation plans that propose solutions to any identified
significant barriers or gaps in service.
100135. The director may seek and grant waivers that the department
determines are reasonably necessary for the implementation of the
department's proposed consolidations.
100140. It is the intent of the Legislature that the duties and
responsibilities provided for in Sections 100125 and 100130 be
accomplished by utilizing existing staff resources, and that no
additional funding be provided other than that appropriated by the
Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
