Pen. Code, § 5023.6 · Chapter 1. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Pen. Code, § 5023.6
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall, by January 1, 2011, do all of the following:
(1) Adopt industry standard claim forms for use by contract health care service providers.
(2) Be able to accept secure electronic submission of claims from contract health care service providers.
(3) Perform periodic audits of claims paid to contract health care providers.
(4) Provide secure, remote electronic access to claim status information to those contract health care service providers submitting claims electronically in the manner required by the department.
(b) The department may adopt policies and procedures for the purpose of enabling electronic health care claims management and processing. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of policies and procedures for this limited purpose are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
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History
Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 669, Sec. 2. (AB 1985) Effective January 1, 2011.
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