FAMILY & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: July 22, 2024
Subject: Medi-Cal Update Post-COVID (and CalWorks and CalFresh)
Submitted For: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Department: Employment and Human Services
Referral No: N/A
Referral Name: N/A
Presenter: Angela Bullock-Hayes, Workforce Services Director
Contact: Danielle Fokkema, (925) 655-2047
Referral History:
During the COVID-19 pandemic, states received increased Medicaid funding on the condition that they would postpone disenrollments as long as the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) remained in effect. This “continuous coverage” requirement allowed millions of Californians to stay on Medi-Cal during an unprecedented health crisis.
The federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 specified that the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement would no longer be linked to the PHE. The requirement ended on March 31, 2023.
Medi-Cal resumed its normal renewal processes on April 1, 2023.
Additionally, extra CalFresh pandemic funds were discontinued on February 28, 2023, making March the last month that CalFresh clients received the emergency allotment.
Referral Update:
Please see attached report.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s)
ACCEPT the Employment and Human Services Department's report on Post-COVID Medi-Cal, CalWORKs & CalFresh activities and FORWARD the report to the Board of Supervisors for their information.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
There is no fiscal impact.