Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14136.4

A written treatment authorization request for nonemergency medical transportation services for which a department employed medical consultant had provided conditional prior authorization to the provider of services via telephone, shall not be denied by the Medi-Cal field office when the written treatment authorization request subsequently submitted by the provider substantiates the medical information given with the earlier verbal request, so long as the beneficiary was eligible to receive such services.