Business, Transportation & Housing
2400 Department of Managed Health Care

The mission of the Department of Managed Health Care is to help California consumers resolve problems with their Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and to ensure a better, more solvent and stable managed health care system through:

  • Administration and enforcement of California's HMO patient rights laws.
  • Operating the 24-hour-a-day Help Center.
  • Licensing and overseeing all HMOs in the state.
MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • The Governor's Budget proposes 13 positions and $1.8 million for the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) to ensure health care plans implement requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that take effect in 2011-12. These include requirements that health care plans abide by minimum medical loss ratios and offer dependent care coverage until age 26. Beginning in 2011-12 the PPACA also will prohibit health plans from imposing lifetime benefits limits, imposing cost-sharing for preventive services, and failing to provide coverage to dependents under age 19 due to pre-existing conditions.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year personnel years and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2011-12*
Personnel
Years
Dollars
30 Health Plan Program
248.0
$52,381
50.01 Administration
86.5
10,264
50.02 Distributed Administration
-
-10,264
Totals, Personnel Years and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
334.5
$52,381
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Personnel Years and All Expenditures
334.5
$52,381

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Personnel Years for expenditures, personnel years, and funding detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Department of Managed Health Care Budget (pdf * - 17K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 4K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 2K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.