2009 California Welfare and Institutions Code - Section 14600-14601 :: Article 1. General Provisions

14600.  The Legislature finds and declares that expenditure demands
on health service costs at the federal, state, and local level, now,
and will in the foreseeable future, exceed available public
resources. In order to live within fiscal constraints, the state must
develop alternative methods of managing Medi-Cal care that utilizes
resources to the maximum advantage of people requiring public medical
assistance.
   The purposes of the program alternatives described in this chapter
are to provide limited implementation and experimentation prior to
statewide enactment of these alternative approaches to funding and
management of health care services.

14601.  As used in this chapter:
   (a) "Department" means State Department of Health Services.
   (b) "Director" means State Director of Health Services.