Report 2023-103 Recommendation Responses
Report 2023-103: The Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program: The Lack of Usage Data Prevents the State From Knowing How Often Medi‑Cal Members Receive Perinatal Care (Release Date: February 2024)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure the efficient and effective provision of perinatal services throughMedi-Cal, the Legislature should modify state law to assign the primary perinatal
program administration and oversight responsibilities to Health Care Services, and direct Health Care Services to develop a system of oversight to ensure that providers are aware of and offer program services to all pregnant and postpartum Medi-Cal members. As part of this update, the Legislature should consider whether to assign additional data collection duties to Health Care Services, for example by requiring the department to create and use a version of the perinatal services data form mandated by state law. Such a form could track data on perinatal services that would also make possible the department's analysis of utilization rates. To the extent necessary, Health Care Services should then contract with Public Health to maintain any services or program oversight functions best conducted by Public Health.
Description of Legislative Action
As of 4/15/2024, the Legislature has not taken any action in the 2023/24 Legislative Session to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
As of 8/15/2024, the Legislature has not taken any action in the 2023/24 Legislative Session to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
Senate Bill 228 (Cervantes, 2025) would transfer administration of the Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program from the Department of Public Health to the Department of Health Care Services. The bill also states legislative intent to enact remaining recommendations from report 2023-103, including developing a system of oversight to ensure that providers are aware of and offer program services to all pregnant and postpartum members, and to create and use a perinatal services data form to engage in additional data collection duties.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026