§ 51124.2. Medi-Cal Care Coordinator.

“Medi-Cal Care Coordinator” means the designated Medi-Cal consultant who authorizes, reauthorizes, and coordinates, as required, medically necessary services for a beneficiary. The Medi-Cal Care Coordinator shall be a physician or registered nurse. The extent of the participation of the Medi-Cal Care Coordinator is determined by the complexity and multiplicity of service needs of the patient. The Medi-Cal Care Coordinator shall work, as required, with the physicians, the facility discharge coordinators, preadmission screeners and other facility personnel, as required, to coordinate and authorize those services needed by the patient and which are authorized by the Medi-Cal Program.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 4-1-96 as an emergency; operative 4-1-96 (Register 96, No. 14). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-30-96 pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 14132.22 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

2. Editorial correction of History 1 (Register 96, No. 35).

3. New section refiled 8-28-96 as an emergency; operative 9-30-96 (Register 96, No. 35). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-28-97 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

4. Certificate of Compliance as to 8-28-96 order transmitted to OAL 1-23-97 and filed 3-10-97 (Register 97, No. 11).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 10725, 14105.981 and 14132.22, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 14105.981 and 14132.22, Welfare and Institutions Code.