Section 14148.5.

(a) State funded perinatal services shall be provided under the Medi-Cal program to pregnant women and state funded medical services to infants up to one year of age in families with incomes above 185 percent, but not more than 200 percent, of the federal poverty level, in the same manner that these services are being provided to the Medi-Cal population, including eligibility requirements and integration of eligibility determinations and payment of claims, except as follows:

(1) The assets of the family shall not be considered in making the eligibility determination.

(2) The income deduction specified in subdivision (f) of Section 14148 shall not be applied.

(b) Services provided under this section shall not be subject to any share-of-cost requirements.

(c) (1) The department, in implementing the Medi-Cal program and public health programs, in coordination with the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Program's Access for Infants and Mothers component, may provide for outreach activities in order to enhance participation and access to perinatal services. Funding received pursuant to the federal provisions shall be used to expand perinatal outreach activities. These outreach activities shall be implemented if funding is provided for this purpose by an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other statute.

(2) Those outreach activities authorized by paragraph (1) shall be targeted toward both Medi-Cal and non-Medi-Cal eligible high risk or uninsured pregnant women and infants. Outreach activities may include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(A) Education of the targeted women on the availability and importance of early prenatal care and referral to Medi-Cal and other programs.

(B) Information provided through toll-free telephone numbers.

(C) Recruitment and retention of perinatal providers.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, contracts required to implement the provisions of this section shall be exempt from the approval of the Director of General Services and from the provisions of the Public Contract Code.

(e) The programs authorized in this section shall be operative for the entire 1996–97 fiscal year.

(Amended by Stats. 2003, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 9, Sec. 11. Effective May 5, 2003.)