The Protecting Medi-Cal Coverage for Californians Act, also known as AB 2956, has died in Assembly Appropriations. The bill sought to protect over 1.6 million Californians who have lost their Medi-Cal coverage in the first 10 months of this unwinding period – the overwhelming majority being people of color, about 650,000 of all disenrolled people being Latinos.
If passed, AB 2956 would've allowed adults enrolled to keep their coverage for a full 12 months by making the federal Medi-Cal renewal flexibilities permanent.
