2021 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES
PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
CHAPTER 7 - Basic Health Care
ARTICLE 4 - The Medi-Cal Benefits Program
Section 14132.725.
(a) To the extent that federal financial participation is available, face-to-face contact between a health care provider and a patient is not required under the Medi-Cal program for health care services provided by asynchronous store and forward, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 2290.5 of the Business and Professions Code. Services appropriately provided through the store and forward process are subject to billing and reimbursement policies developed by the department.
(b) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department may implement, interpret, and make specific this section by means of all-county letters, provider bulletins, and similar instructions.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 867, Sec. 6. (AB 744) Effective January 1, 2020.)
