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Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15903 · Part 3.5. HEALTH CARE COVERAGE INITIATIVE

Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15903

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

The Health Care Coverage Initiative shall be designed and implemented to achieve all of the following outcomes:

(a) Expand the number of Californians who have health care coverage.

(b) Strengthen and build upon the local health care safety net system, including disproportionate share hospitals, county clinics, and community clinics.

(c) Improve access to high quality health care and health outcomes for individuals.

(d) Create efficiencies in the delivery of health services that could lead to savings in health care costs.

(e) Provide grounds for long-term sustainability of the programs funded under the initiative.

(f) Implement programs in an expeditious manner in order to meet federal requirements regarding the timing of expenditures.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 76, Sec. 2. Effective July 18, 2006. Inoperative on date prescribed in Section 15908. Repealed six months after inoperative date, pursuant to Section 15908.

Source of truth

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As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC&sectionNum=15903.
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