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Call your Assemblymember TODAY to Strengthen Language Access!
Please help us advance important legislation that will
improve Medi-Cal Managed Care for communities of color.
AB 411 (Pan): Identifying Disparities in Medi-Cal
Performance Measures
This bill requires Medi-Cal managed care plans to analyze their quality
measures by race, ethnicity, primary language, geographic region, and, to
the extent available, by sexual orientation and gender identity to
identify and develop strategies to address health disparities.
Talking points for your call to your Assemblymember:
- Racial and ethnic health
disparities persist among communities of color impacting their
quality of life.
- AB 411 will help to
identify disparities among California’s diverse communities using
existing data and reporting tools.
- AB 411 will have little
to no cost to the State.
AB 505 (Nazarian): Strengthening Language Access in
Medi-Cal Managed Care
This bill puts into law current language assistance requirements in
Medi-Cal, which only exist in policy letters and contracts with the
Department of Health Care Services.
Talking points for your call to your Assemblymember:
- Having interpreters and
translated documents is critical for patients who don’t speak
English very well to get quality care.
- Medi-Cal managed care
plans already provide language assistance services based upon contracts
with the State.
- AB 505 will strengthen
this important consumer protection by putting these requirements
into law.
Please call your Assemblymember today and urge him/her
to vote "Yes" on AB 411 (Pan) and AB 505 (Nazarian) when they
are up for floor votes this Thursday, May 16! You can find your
Assemblymember's number here.
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