14199.80. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 13, Sec. 2.)

(a) The Legislature continues to recognize that an enrollment-based managed care organization provider tax is an essential and necessary source of nonfederal funding for maintaining and improving access to care and reimbursement levels under, and maximizing federal financial participation for, the Medi-Cal program.

(b) The Legislature recognizes how the previous iterations of the managed care organization provider tax, in effect nearly continuously from July 1, 2016, enabled the state to provide ongoing funding for health care and prevention, while minimizing the need for any new reductions to the Medi-Cal program during the time periods when the tax was in effect.

(c) Implementation of a new managed care organization provider tax at the earliest possible effective date allowable under federal law will best position the state to maintain and improve access to care, maximize federal financial participation, and minimize the need for any new reductions to the Medi-Cal program.