{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-16804.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 16804.1","heading":"","body":"(a) No fee or charge shall be required of any person before a county renders medically necessary services to persons entitled to services pursuant to Section 17000.\n(b) This section is declaratory of existing law and shall not be interpreted to effect a county’s authority to implement a reasonable sliding fee schedule based on ability to pay.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 4.6. LOCAL HEALTH CARE BUDGETING [16800.5. - 16818.]"],"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":"1d02479f3ee5aa6562c1cc46157c857f3f87f1480bc094dc1abb362cb42dd5db","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-16803","next":"us-ca/wic-16809"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}