(a) There is hereby established the Health Care Coverage Initiative to expand health care coverage to low-income uninsured individuals in California.
(b) The Health Care Coverage Initiative shall operate pursuant to the Special Terms and Conditions of California’s Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration project waiver number 11-W-00193/9 relating to hospital financing and health coverage expansion that became effective September 1, 2005. The initiative shall be implemented only to the extent that federal financial participation is available.