Welfare and Institutions Code section 14022
(a)
This section shall be known as the “Medi-Cal Conflict of Interest Law.”(b)
As used in this section, the term “referral” means (1) the referral of a recipient by a provider of service to any other provider of service; (2) the placement of a recipient by a provider of service in any facility; or (3) the obtaining, requesting, ordering or prescribing of services or supplies by a provider of service on behalf of a recipient from any other provider of service.(c)
A payment under this chapter shall not be made to a provider of service or to any facility or organization in which he or his immediate family has a significant beneficial interest, for services rendered in connection with any referral of a recipient, unless there is on file with the director and the Advisory Health Council a statement of the nature and extent of such interest.(d)
This section shall become operative only upon the date of which Section 1902(a)(4)(C) of the federal Social Security Act, as added by Public Law 95-559 is repealed, held invalid by a court of appeal, or otherwise made inoperative.
Source:
Section 14022, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=14022. (accessed Apr. 24, 2025).