14144.5. (Added by renumbering Section 14145 (as amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1240) by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 474.)

Notwithstanding any provision of this article or of any other statute to the contrary, any person who is eligible under Section 14005.4 or 14005.7 for dialysis, parenteral hyperalimentation, and related services and who is employed and individually earning an amount which exceeds the minimum needs standard, and who receives dialysis services either through a self-dialysis unit of a dialysis clinic or through home dialysis or who receives parenteral hyperalimentation services through self-parenteral hyperalimentation, shall be eligible for dialysis, parenteral hyperalimentation , and related services under Medi-Cal pursuant to this article and shall, after utilizing other contractual or legal entitlements pursuant to Section 14143, be liable to pay only the amounts specified in subdivision (b) of Section 14142, except that such percentage obligations shall be 1 percent for each five thousand dollars ($5,000) of family unit net worth up to a maximum net worth of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). Persons eligible for services under this section shall not be subject to Section 14144.