{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-15900","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 15900","heading":"","body":"The Legislature finds and declares the following:\n(a) Approximately 21 percent of nonelderly Californians lack health insurance coverage. Many are low-income individuals who are not eligible for existing public health coverage programs.\n(b) One hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) in federal funds will be available for three years to reimburse for public expenditures made under a Health Care Coverage Initiative for uninsured individuals. These funds are to be provided pursuant to the Special Terms and Conditions of California’s Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration project waiver number 11-W-00193/9 relating to hospital financing and health coverage expansion.\n(c) California’s health care safety net system plays an essential role in delivering critical health services to low-income individuals.\n(d) Local governments have the unique ability to design health service delivery models that meet the needs of their diverse populations and build on local infrastructures.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 3.5. HEALTH CARE COVERAGE INITIATIVE [15900. - 15908.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"87d581f682306181ea3e51ee980f405cef74f5f140f0f1c44ec918d39c1ee0ba","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-15895","next":"us-ca/wic-15901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}