Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. 

Meeting Location: Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
1501 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95814 (First Floor, Conference Room 17.1316)

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Agenda

Time	Topic
9:30 – 9:35	Welcome, Opening Comments, Roll Call, and Today’s Agenda Michelle Baass, Director
9:35 – 10:50	Director’s Update Michelle Baass, Director
10:50 – 12:00	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Interim Final Rule: Impact on Medi-Cal Work and Community Engagement Requirements Yingjia Huang, Deputy Director, Health Care Benefits & Eligibility
12:00 – 12:30	BREAK
12:30 – 1:30	Ordering, Referring, and Prescribing (ORP) Provider Enrollment Erica Holmes, Assistant Deputy Director, Health Care Benefits & Eligibility Mistie Chiddick, Division Chief, Provider Enrollment Division
1:30 – 2:30	Behavioral Health Transformation Update Marlies Perez, Chief, Community Services
2:30 – 2:55	Public Comment
2:55 – 3:00	Final Comments and Adjourn

Upcoming Meeting Dates: 

• Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Note:

For individuals with disabilities, DHCS will provide free assistive devices, including language and sign-language interpretation, real-time captioning, note takers, reading or writing assistance, and conversion of training or meeting materials into braille, large print, audio, or electronic format. To request alternative format or language services, please call or write:

Department of Health Care Services
Office of Communications 
1501 Capitol Ave, MS 0025
Sacramento, CA 95814 
(916) 440-7660
dhcspress@dhcs.ca.gov

Please note that the range of assistive services available may be limited if requests are received less than ten working days prior to the meeting or event.