Medi-Cal: subacute care services.

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document layout into a web-based presentation with navigation elements (home, accessibility, FAQ, feedback, sitemap, login), a quick search bar, and reorganized page structure. All substantive provisions of Section 14132.25 remain identical.

Changed the entity required to submit subacute care authorization forms from 'a health facility that provides' to 'a provider seeking authorization,' broadening the obligation to any provider rather than limiting it to health facilities.

Removed the requirement that DHCS 'shall develop and implement procedures' to ensure managed care plan compliance. The department now only retains authority to impose sanctions under Section 14197.7 for violations, with no affirmative duty to create enforcement procedures.

Senator Menjivar added as a coauthor of the bill.

The requirement to submit a specified form with a treatment authorization request was expanded from applying only to 'a health facility that provides' subacute care services to any 'provider seeking authorization' for those services, broadening who must comply.

A new subdivision (j) prohibits a Medi-Cal managed care plan from requiring a subsequent treatment authorization request when a patient returns from a bed hold for acute hospitalization as described in Section 51535.1 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.

The sanctions provision was updated to explicitly state the department may impose sanctions on Medi-Cal managed care plans pursuant to Section 14197.7 for violations of subdivisions (h), (i), and the newly added (j), expanding the scope of enforceable provisions.

Full form titles were added for DHCS 6200 and DHCS 6200A, and minor grammatical corrections were made (e.g., 'his or her the patient's airway' changed to 'the patient's airway').