(a) This section shall be known as the “Medi-Cal Conflict of Interest Law.”
It is the intent of the Legislature that provisions be made for disclosure of the interests of providers of service in the services, facilities and organizations to which they refer Medi-Cal recipients so that it is possible to determine the extent to which conflicts of interests may exist because of such referrals.
(b) As used in this section, the term “referral” means (1) the referral of a recipient by a provider of service to any other provider of service; (2) the placement of a recipient by a provider of service in any facility; or (3) the obtaining, requesting, ordering or prescribing of services or supplies by a provider of service on behalf of a recipient from any other provider of service.
As used in this section, the term “immediate family” includes the spouse and children of the provider of service, the parents of the provider of service and his spouse, and the spouses of the children of the provider of service.
(c) A payment under this chapter shall not be made to a provider of service or to any facility or organization in which he or his immediate family has a significant beneficial interest, for services rendered in connection with any referral of a recipient, unless there is on file with the director and the Advisory Health Council a statement of the nature and extent of such interest.
(d) This section shall become operative only upon the date of which Section 1902(a)(4)(C) of the federal Social Security Act, as added by Public Law 95-559 is repealed, held invalid by a court of appeal, or otherwise made inoperative.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 606. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016. Section conditionally operative by its own provisions. Note: Until this section is operative, see related provisions in Article 1.6, commencing with Section 14047.)