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Senate committee advances AB 220 to standardize authorization for subacute care services
Summary
AB 220 would require facilities providing subacute care to submit Department of Health forms when seeking authorization and would bar Medi-Cal managed-care plans from using their own medical-necessity criteria, the author said. Hospitals and specialty coalitions testified in support.
Assemblymember (author) presented AB 220 to the Senate Committee on Health, saying the bill would require health facilities that provide subacute care services to submit Department of Health Care Services forms (DHCS 6200 or 6200A) with treatment-authorization requests and prohibit Medi‑Cal managed-care plans from developing or using adjudication criteria different from the state-standard medical-necessity criteria.
Supporters included representatives of the District Hospital Leadership Forum, the California Medical Association and the California Hospital Association, who said the bill would streamline authorization, ensure consistent determinations of medical necessity, and help move children and other patients into appropriate care settings. No formal opposition was recorded during the hearing.
The author said committee amendments were taken and asked for an aye vote when quorum was present. The committee moved AB 220 as presented and referred it to the Committee on Appropriations.
