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CA AB 1717

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Medi-Cal dental reimbursement: house/extended care facility call.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services, including certain dental services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under the Medi-Cal Dental Provider Handbook, the maximum allowance for a house/extended care facility call under a specified billing code is $20. This bill would require the department to increase the Medi-Cal reimbursement base rate for a house/extended care facility call in order to reflect the reasonable travel costs for purposes of delivering dental services in the patient's private residence or applicable facility instead of the location of the dental provider. The bill would condition implementation of these provisions on an appropriation, receipt of any necessary federal approvals, and the availability of federal financial participation.

Introduced
2026-04-22
Status date
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Latest action
2026-05-14 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Castilloauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-04

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2026-02-05

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.

  3. 2026-02-23

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  4. 2026-04-22

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 21).

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  5. 2026-04-23

    Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2026-04-27

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2026-05-06

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  8. 2026-05-14

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-21 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Patel: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1717

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