CA Health & Safety Code Section 104162.1

When an individual is underinsured, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 104161, the State Department of Health Care Services shall be the payer of second resort for treatment services. To the extent necessary for the individual to obtain treatment services under any health care insurance listed in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of subdivision (f) of Section 104161, the State Department of Health Care Services may do the following:

(a)

Pay for the individual’s breast or cervical cancer copayments, premiums, and deductible.

(b)

Provide only treatment services not otherwise covered by any health care insurance listed in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of subdivision (f) of Section 104161.