The Medi-Cal Benefits Program comprises a department-administered uniform schedule of health care benefits. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, “health care services” shall be limited to the benefits set forth in this article and in Section 14021.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14131
The Medi-Cal Benefits Program
Known as the Medi-Cal Act
The act spans §§ 14000–14199 (1,239 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Cowan v. Myers (1986)
Most recently applied in In re Gardens Regional Hospital & Medical Center, Inc. (June 2017)
Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1005.
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