Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000 - 18999.98]
( Division 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784. ) PART 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE [11000 - 15771]
( Part 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784. ) CHAPTER 7. Basic Health Care [14000 - 14199.87]
( Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 4. ) ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [14000 - 14042.2]
( Article 1 added by Stats. 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 4. ) 14027.
(a) The department may designate participating county health service agencies as health care service providers of home nursing services, subject to appropriate statutory licensing and certification requirements.
(b) Any county designated as a health care provider of home nursing services pursuant to subdivision (a) shall act as a fiscal intermediary for the provision of home nursing services and pass through to the licensed individuals rendering those nursing services, in total, all Medi-Cal reimbursements received for those nursing services.
(c) The Medi-Cal reimbursement rate applicable to nursing services reimbursed through a designated county health service agency shall be the current Medi-Cal rate applicable to those services.
(d) For purposes of this section, “designated provider of home nursing services” means any participating county health services agency designated as a provider of home nursing services pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1161, Sec. 1.)