SECTIONS 14140-14144.5 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 14140-14144.5

14140. The following definitions shall apply to the provisions of
this article:
(a) "Net worth" means:
(1) Personal property, which consists of cash, savings accounts,
securities, and similar items; notes, mortgages and deeds of trust;
the cash surrender value of life insurance on the life of the
applicant or beneficiary, on the life of the spouse or any member of
the family, except as provided in Section 11158; motor vehicles,
except one which meets the transportation needs of the person or
family; any other property or equity other than real estate, except
that property specified in subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of Section
11155.
(2) Real property, including any interest in land of more than
nominal interest which does not constitute the home of the applicant
for aid under this chapter. The home of the applicant shall be exempt
from consideration as net worth under this section to the extent of
ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in assessed valuation, as assessed by
the county assessor.
(3) "Income" which consists of the sum of adjusted gross income as
used for purposes of the Federal Income Tax Law.
(b) "Family unit" means:
(1) In the case of an unmarried patient under 21 years of age
living with his parent or parents, the patient and his parents.
(2) In the case of a married patient under 21 years of age, the
patient and his spouse.
(3) In the case of a patient over 21, the patient, and if married,
the patient's wife.

14141. Net worth liability shall be determined as of the time of
the initial dialysis or parenteral hyperalimentation treatment and
shall be reevaluated each year by the department.

14142. Notwithstanding Section 14005.4 or 14005.7, a person who is
otherwise eligible for dialysis and related services under Section
14005.4 or 14005.7, except for his or her income and resource
eligibility, is eligible for dialysis and related services under
Medi-Cal pursuant to this article, as follows:
(a) A person in a family unit with a net worth of less than five
thousand dollars ($5,000) shall not be liable to pay for dialysis and
related services.
(b) A person in a family unit with a net worth of five thousand
dollars ($5,000) or above shall pay 2 percent of the cost of dialysis
and related services for each five thousand dollars ($5,000) of net
worth, up to a maximum net worth of two hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($250,000). Persons in a family unit with a net worth above
two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) shall not be eligible
to receive dialysis under Medi-Cal.

14142.5. Notwithstanding Section 14005.4 or 14005.7, a person
requiring parenteral hyperalimentation and related services is
eligible for these services under Medi-Cal pursuant to this section,
as follows:
(a) A person in a family unit with a net worth of less than five
thousand dollars ($5,000) shall not be liable to pay for parenteral
hyperalimentation and related services.
(b) A person in a family unit with a net worth of five thousand
dollars ($5,000) or above shall pay 2 percent of the cost of
parenteral hyperalimentation and related services for each five
thousand dollars ($5,000) of net worth, up to a maximum net worth of
two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). Persons in a family
unit with a net worth above two hundred fifty thousand dollars
($250,000) shall not be eligible to receive parenteral
hyperalimentation under Medi-Cal.

14143. The health care benefits and services specified in this
article, to the extent that such benefits and services are neither
provided under any other federal or state law nor provided nor
available under other contractual or legal entitlements of the
person, shall be provided to any dialysis or parenteral
hyperalimentation patient who is a resident of this state and is made
eligible by the provisions of this article. After such dialysis or
parenteral hyperalimentation patient has utilized such contractual or
legal entitlements, the percentages of payment liability under
Section 14142 shall then be applied to the remaining cost of dialysis
or parenteral hyperalimentation.

14144. The provisions of this article do not apply to indigent
dialysis or parenteral hyperalimentation patients who are otherwise
eligible for Medi-Cal or to any person eligible for renal dialysis
under the provisions of Public Law 92-603 (H.R. 1).

14144.5. Notwithstanding any provision of this article or of any
other statute to the contrary, any person who is eligible under
Section 14005.4 or 14005.7 for dialysis, parenteral
hyperalimentation, and related services and who is employed and
individually earning an amount which exceeds the minimum needs
standard, and who receives dialysis services either through a
self-dialysis unit of a dialysis clinic or through home dialysis or
who receives parenteral hyperalimentation services through
self-parenteral hyperalimentation, shall be eligible for dialysis,
parenteral hyperalimentation , and related services under Medi-Cal
pursuant to this article and shall, after utilizing other contractual
or legal entitlements pursuant to Section 14143, be liable to pay
only the amounts specified in subdivision (b) of Section 14142,
except that such percentage obligations shall be 1 percent for each
five thousand dollars ($5,000) of family unit net worth up to a
maximum net worth of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
Persons eligible for services under this section shall not be subject
to Section 14144.