CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

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Introduced by Assembly Member Ta

February 19, 2026

An act to amend Section 14002 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: no   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. Pursuant to existing law, health care granted under the Medi-Cal program is subject to laws amending, repealing, or supplementing provisions affecting the Medi-Cal program, and subject to the rules and regulations of the department. Existing law provides that an individual receiving health care from the Medi-Cal program does not have a claim for compensation or otherwise because their service is affected by those changes.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 14002 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:

14002.

Health care granted under the provisions of this chapter is held subject to the provisions of any a later enacted law hereafter enacted amending, repealing, or supplementing in whole or in part the provisions of this chapter, and subject to the rules and regulations of the department. No A recipient of health care under this chapter shall not have any a claim for compensation or otherwise because his the service is affected in any way by any such by the amending, repealing, or supplemental act, or by any such by a rule or regulation regulation, or by any an addition, amendment, or repeal of such the rules or regulations.