14093.09. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 294, Sec. 66.)
(a)No child in foster care shall be required to enroll in…#
(a) No child in foster care shall be required to enroll in a Medi-Cal managed care plan. A foster child may be voluntarily enrolled in a Medi-Cal managed care plan only when the county child welfare agency with responsibility for the care and placement of the child, in consultation with the child’s foster caregiver, determines that it is in the best interest of the child to do so and the department determines that enrollment is available to the child.
(b)Whenever a foster child is placed in an out-of-county…#
(b) Whenever a foster child is placed in an out-of-county placement, the county child welfare agency with responsibility for the care and placement of the child shall determine, in consultation with the child’s foster caregiver, if the child should remain in, or has enrolled in, a Medi-Cal managed care plan in the county where the child will be placed or in the county with responsibility for the care and placement of the child, as long as the department determines that enrollment is available for the child.