AB 2665: Medi-Cal funding: County of Inyo.
The bill aims to provide supplemental payments to hospitals in the county of Inyo to maintain their operations and prevent closure. The payments would be funded with $5,500,000 from the general fund. These funds would be distributed between the Northern Inyo Healthcare District and the Southern Inyo Healthcare District, with $2,500,000 going to the Northern district and $3,000,000 to the Southern district. The payments would be in addition to any existing supplemental payments for Medi-Cal covered outpatient services. The bill also makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the necessity of a special statute for the county of Inyo.
| Apr. 06, 2026 | Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
| Mar. 27, 2026 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. |
| Mar. 16, 2026 | Referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
| Feb. 21, 2026 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. |
| Feb. 20, 2026 | Read first time. To print. |
| Amended IN Assembly March 27, 2026 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Tangipa |
February 20, 2026 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law requires a department within the California Health and Human Services Agency that has received approval of an operational state plan by a federal agency, or that has applied and has been approved for a waiver from a federal law or regulation, to make any and all approved plans and waivers available to the public by publishing a hyperlink to that information on the homepage of the department’s internet website.
This bill would require the above-described department to expeditiously make an approved plan or waiver available to the public. The bill would require the agency to promptly notify the legislative health committees about an approved plan or waiver.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14105.175 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following Section 14105.17, to read:14105.175.
(a) (1) The sum of five million five hundred thousand dollars ($5,500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Health Care Services for the purpose of providing supplemental payments, for services covered under the Medi-Cal program, to the providers described in subdivision (b).SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique and urgent circumstances facing the two hospitals serving the County of Inyo. These health facilities operate in one of the most remote and sparsely populated regions of the state, covering vast geographic distances with limited alternative access to care. Without targeted statutory relief, the financial instability threatening these hospitals places residents at serious risk of losing critical emergency and inpatient services.(a)If a department within the California Health and Human Services Agency has received approval of an operational state plan by a federal agency, or has applied and has been approved for a waiver from a federal law or federal regulation, the department shall expeditiously make any and all approved plans and waivers available to the public by publishing a hyperlink to that information on the homepage of the department’s internet website.
(b)The California Health and Human Services Agency shall promptly notify the Assembly Committee on Health and the Senate Committee on Health about approved state plans or federal waivers, as described in subdivision (a) and in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(a)If a department within the California Health and Human Services Agency has received approval of an operational state plan by a federal agency, or has applied and has been approved for a waiver from a federal law or federal regulation, the department shall expeditiously make any and all approved plans and waivers available to the public by publishing a hyperlink to that information on the homepage of the department’s internet website.
(b)The California Health and Human Services Agency shall promptly notify the Assembly Committee on Health and the Senate Committee on Health about approved state plans or federal waivers, as described in subdivision (a) and in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.