Rural Health Services
Cal. WIC § 16934
California Statutes
(
a) As a condition of receiving funds under this chapter, a county shall provide, or arrange and pay for, medically necessary followup treatment, including necessary followup dental services and prescription drugs, for any condition detected as part of a child health and disability prevention screen for a child eligible for services under
Section of the Health and Safety Code, if the child was screened by the county, or upon referral by a child health and disability prevention program provider. This
section shall not apply to any child eligible to receive care with no share of cost under the Medi-Cal program or who is covered by another publicly funded program or for whom these services are covered or will be paid by any other responsible party. A county may require that hospitals that contract with the county pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (
b) of
Section 16946, physicians who contract with the county pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (
c) of
Section or dentists or any provider that contracts with the county pursuant to subdivision (
b) of
Section and receives funds appropriated for the purposes of this
chapter to participate in complying with this section. A county shall not require that hospitals receiving an allocation pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (
b) of
Section or physicians who receive payment from a physician services account established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (
c) of
Section participate in complying with this section. (
b) Dental services provided pursuant to this
section shall be at least equal in scope and frequency to dental services available to Medi-Cal eligible children of the same age. (
c) Counties shall implement this
section in consultation and coordination with their child health and disability prevention programs.