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Senate panel advances AB 543 to let street-medicine teams order services and enroll unhoused patients in Medi‑Cal
Summary
AB 543 would create presumptive eligibility and allow street-medicine providers to order medically necessary services and equipment for unhoused Medi‑Cal enrollees; supporters described cases where network rules blocked timely care. Committee approved the bill and sent it to appropriations.
Assemblymember (presented as Assemblymember Gonzales in the transcript) introduced AB 543 to establish presumptive eligibility for people experiencing homelessness, allow street-medicine providers to directly order medically necessary services and equipment, and add a homelessness identifier in Medi‑Cal and public-assistance systems to improve coordination of care.
Dr. Jose Luis Gonzalez, vice president and medical director at Health Care in Action (HIA), and Brett Feldman, director of street…
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