CA Welf & Inst Code Section 17612.8

The department shall submit an application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a subsequent demonstration project, as defined in subdivision (x) of Section 17612.2. The subsequent demonstration project shall seek to maximize federal Medicaid funding for county public hospital health systems and shall include components that maintain a comparable level of support for delivery system reform in the county public hospital health systems as was provided under the federal Medicaid demonstration project authorized under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act entitled the “Bridge to Health Care Reform” (waiver number 11-W-00193/9).