3284.

 An injured person whose health care is provided through a public or private capitated health care service plan, if the health care provider is paid a set periodic amount regardless of the number of, or nature of, services provided, and the health care provider does not present the injured person with a bill for payment identifying the costs of the particular services rendered, shall be entitled to recover, as damages, the reasonable and necessary value of medical services.

23004.1.

 (a) Subject to Section 23004.3, in any case in which the county is authorized or required by law to furnish hospital, medical, surgical, or dental care and treatment, including prostheses and medical appliances, to a person who is injured or suffers a disease, under circumstances creating a tort liability upon some third person to pay damages therefor, the county shall have a right to recover from that third person the reasonable value of the care and treatment so furnished or to be furnished, or shall, as to this right, be subrogated to any right or claim that the injured or diseased person, his or her guardian, personal representative, estate, or survivors has against that third person to the extent of the reasonable value of the care and treatment so furnished or to be furnished.

(b) The county may, to enforce rights established under subdivision (a), institute and prosecute legal proceedings against the third person who is liable for the injury or disease in the appropriate court, either in its own name or in the name of the injured person, his or her guardian, personal representative, estate, or survivors. This action shall be commenced within the period prescribed in Section 340 of the Code of Civil Procedure. In the event that the injured person, his or her guardian, personal representative, estate, survivors, or any of them brings an action for damages against the third person who is liable for the injury or disease, the county’s right of action shall abate during the pendency of that action, and continue as a first lien against any judgment, settlement, compromise, arbitration award, mediation settlement, or other recovery for past medical expenses obtained by the injured or diseased person, his or her guardian, personal representative, estate, or survivors, against the third person who is liable for the injury or disease, to the extent of the reasonable value of the care and treatment so furnished or to be furnished. Consistent with the common fund doctrine, the lien shall be subject to any liens for attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the person or person’s representative, estate, or survivors. If the third person who is liable is insured, the county shall notify the third person’s insurer, when known to the county, in writing of the lien within 30 days following the filing of the action by the injured or diseased person, his or her guardian, personal representative, estate, or survivors, against the third person who is liable for the injury or disease. However, the failure to so notify the insurer shall not prejudice the claim or cause of action of the injured or diseased person, his or her guardian, personal representative, estate, or survivors, or the county.

23004.2.

 (a) The county may (1) compromise, or settle and execute a release of, any claim which the county has by virtue of the rights established by Section 23004.1; or (2) waive any such claim, in whole or in part, for the convenience of the county, or if the governing body of the county determines that collection would result in undue hardship upon the person who suffered the injury or disease resulting in care or treatment described in Section 23004.1.

(b) If a request is made to compromise or waive any claim established by Section 23004.1, the following factors shall be considered:

(1) The total value of the damages suffered by the injured person or the survivors in comparison to the amount actually recovered by way of judgment, settlement, compromise, arbitration award, or mediation settlement.

(2) Other liens being asserted against the recovery that would reduce the final recovery to the person or survivors and whether or not other lienholders have agreed to compromise or waive their liens.

(3) Whether or not the claim established by Section 23004.1 would exceed 50 percent of the moneys ultimately recovered by the person or survivor under any final judgment, compromise, or settlement agreement after paying a prior lien.

(4) Any other factors that would be just, fair, and equitable to consider when presented with a request to compromise or waive a claim established by Section 23004.1.

(c) No action taken by the county in connection with the rights afforded under Section 23004.1 or this section shall be a bar to any action upon the claim or cause of action of the injured or diseased person, his or her guardian, personal representative, estate, or survivors against the third person who is liable for the injury or disease, or shall operate to deny to the injured person the recovery for that portion of his or her damage not covered hereunder.

14124.70.

 (a) As used in this article:

(1) “Carrier” includes any insurer as defined in Section 23 of the Insurance Code, including any private company, corporation, mutual association, trust fund, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange authorized under the laws of this state to insure persons against liability or injuries caused to another, and also any insurer providing benefits under a policy of bodily injury liability insurance covering liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle which provides uninsured motorist endorsement or coverage, pursuant to Section 11580.2 of the Insurance Code.

(2) “Beneficiary” means any person who has received benefits or will be provided benefits under this chapter because of an injury for which another person or party may be liable. It includes such beneficiary’s guardian, conservator or other personal representative, his estate or survivors.

(3) “Reasonable value of benefits” means both of the following:

(A) Except in a case in which services were provided to a beneficiary under a managed care arrangement or contract, “reasonable value of benefits” means the Medi-Cal rate of payment, for the type of services rendered, under the schedule of maximum allowances authorized by Section 14106 or, the Medi-Cal rate of payment, for the type of services rendered, under regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, including but not limited, to Section 14105.

(B) If services were provided to a beneficiary under a managed care arrangement or contract, “reasonable value of benefits” means the rate of payment to the provider by the plan for the services rendered to the beneficiary, except in cases where the plan pays the provider on a capitated or risk sharing basis, in which case it means the value of the services rendered to the beneficiary calculated by the plan as the usual customary and reasonable charge made to the general public by the provider for similar services.

(4) “Lien” means the director’s claim for recovery, from a beneficiary’s tort action or claim, of the reasonable value of benefits provided on behalf of the beneficiary.

(b) In order to protect the director’s lien right to recovery to the fullest extent possible and consistent with Arkansas Dept. of Health and Human Services v. Ahlborn (2006) 547 U.S. 268, the beneficiary shall be entitled to recover from the person or party responsible the reasonable and necessary value of medical services.