California Tau Txais Kev Pom Zoo los ntawm Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Kev Pom Zoo los ntawm Kev Pabcuam Medi-Cal Cov Tswvcuab thiab Cov Chaw Pabcuam cuam tshuam los ntawm Southern California Wildfires
Lub Ib Hlis 28, 2025
SACRAMENTO — In response to the Southern California wildfires, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) requested and received federal approval from the Biden-Harris administration of several dozen flexibilities to prevent disruptions in health care delivery so Medi-Cal members can continue to receive needed care. 1135 waivers allow the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to waive various administrative requirements to increase access to medical services during a time of national emergency. 1135 waiver approvals remain in effect throughout the duration of the public health emergency declared by former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, which is 90 days.
"DHCS tau cog lus tias yuav pab cov neeg California nrhiav kev kho mob uas lawv xav tau thaum muaj teeb meem loj heev no thiab thaum cov zej zog pib rov zoo thiab rov zoo," Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Lub Xeev Medicaid Tyler Sadwith tau hais. Cov kev zam uas peb cov neeg koom tes hauv tsoomfwv tau tso cai yuav muab kev ywj pheej rau cov kws kho mob kom daws tau cov kev xav tau tam sim ntawd ntawm cov tswv cuab Medi-Cal. Txawm yog nws yog kev ua kom muaj kev nkag mus rau cov kev pabcuam hauv tsev kho mob hauv lwm qhov chaw, muab kev ywj pheej rau cov kev pabcuam hauv tsev thiab hauv zej zog, lossis ua kom yooj yim rau kev sau npe rau cov kws kho mob, cov kev ntsuas no yog tsim los tshem tawm cov teeb meem rau kev saib xyuas thiab txhawb nqa cov neeg mob thiab cov kws kho mob pem hauv ntej thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev no thiab thoob plaws hauv txoj kev rov zoo.
Key flexibilities include:
- Kev tiv thaiv rau Medi-Cal Cov Tswv Cuab: Txuas ncua sij hawm rau kev thov rooj sib hais ncaj ncees thiab rov qab tau txais txiaj ntsig, muab Medi-Cal cov tswv cuab ntxiv sij hawm los daws teeb meem kev tsim nyog lossis cov txiaj ntsig. Kho cov kev xav tau kev pabcuam kev noj qab haus huv hauv tsev kom tso cai ncua sijhawm ntawm kev sib ntsib tim ntsej tim muag vim muaj kev txwv tam sim no.
- Flexibility nyob rau hauv Kev Sau Npe Tus Kws Kho Mob: Ua kom nrawm thiab ua kom yooj yim rau kev tso npe tus kws kho mob kom yooj yim rau cov kws kho mob los muab kev saib xyuas rau cov tswv cuab cuam tshuam.
- Flexibility rau Cov Kev Pabcuam Hauv Tsev thiab Hauv Zej Zog: Ntxiv sijhawm rau kev ntsuam xyuas thawj zaug, kev ntsuam xyuas dua, thiab kev tshuaj xyuas cov phiaj xwm saib xyuas kom ntseeg tau tias kev saib xyuas tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam rau cov tib neeg uas xav tau kev txhawb nqa tsis tu ncua vim hnub nyoog, kev tsis taus, lossis mob ntev. Tso cai xa cov kev pabcuam mus sij hawm ntev thiab kev txhawb nqa hauv lwm qhov chaw, xws li chaw nyob lossis tsev so.
- Kev them nyiaj yug rau Cov Chaw Kho Mob: Tso cai rau cov chaw kho mob xa cov kev saib xyuas hauv lwm qhov chaw, xws li chaw kho mob mobile lossis chaw nyob ib ntus, thaum cov chaw tseem ceeb raug puas los yog nkag tsis tau.
TXOG KEV YOOJ YIM: Raws li 1135 kev zam, Lub Chaw rau Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) tab tom so ib ntus qee qhov kev cai ntawm Medicare, Medicaid, thiab Children's Health Insurance Program los pab cov kws kho mob thiab cov chaw kho mob teb rau qhov xwm txheej ceev lossis kev puas tsuaj. Cov kev pom zoo ntawm Cov Ntawv Ntxiv K muab kev ywj pheej ntxiv rau cov kev pab cuam hauv tsev thiab hauv zej zog. Cov kev ua no yog tsim los txo cov kev nyuaj siab ntawm kev tswj hwm thiab muab kev ywj pheej hauv kev xa khoom kho mob thaum lub sijhawm tseem ceeb
TAU TXAIS KEV PAB HNUB NO: Cov neeg California tuaj yeem mus saib CA.gov/LAfires, lub hauv paus rau cov ntaub ntawv thiab cov peev txheej los ntawm tsoomfwv xeev, hauv zos, thiab tsoomfwv tebchaws.
Covered California nyuam qhuav tshaj tawm lub sijhawm sau npe tshwj xeeb rau cov neeg nyob hauv Los Angeles thiab Ventura counties. Lub sijhawm sau npe tshwj xeeb no yuav kav mus txog rau lub Peb Hlis Ntuj hnub tim 8, 2025. Cov peev txheej muaj nyob rau hauv Los Angeles County thiab Xeev California. Ntawm 1.3 lab tus neeg California uas tsis muaj kev pov hwm kho mob uas tsim nyog tau txais kev pab nyiaj los ntawm Covered California lossis tsim nyog tau txais kev pab them nqi Medi-Cal, 356,000 tus neeg nyob hauv Southern California.
California developed resources to help guide people through disasters and provide information about the different types of federal, state, and local services available in California:
- California Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv thiab Kev Pabcuam Tib Neeg Kev Pabcuam Thaum Muaj Xwm Ceev (English thiab Spanish)
- DHCS Kev Pabcuam Kev Puas Tsuaj Q&A
- Phau Ntawv Qhia Txog Kev Pab Cuam Kev Puas Tsuaj Rau Cov Neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw California (ntau hom lus)
- Phau Ntawv Qhia Txog Kev Npaj Thaum Muaj Xwm Txheej Ceev / Cov Khoom Siv rau Cov Neeg Tsis Muaj Peev Xwm (ntau hom lus)
- Department of Aging Emergency Preparedness Guide (Ntau hom lus)
- Department of Managed Health Care Health Plan Disaster Resource Guide
- Nrhiav kev saib xyuas menyuam yaus
Through the BenefitsCal portal, Californians can get and manage benefits online. This includes food assistance (CalFresh, formerly food stamps), cash aid (CalWORKs, General Assistance, Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants), and affordable health insurance (Medi-Cal).
Individuals and business owners who sustained losses from the Southern California wildfires can apply for disaster assistance:
- Hauv online ntawm DisasterAssistance.gov.
- Hu rau 800-621-3362.
- Los ntawm kev siv Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Kev Tswj Xyuas Kev Kub Ceev (FEMA) daim ntawv thov smartphone .
- Kev pab muaj ntau dua 40 yam lus.
Yog koj siv cov kev pabcuam relay, xws li cov kev pabcuam video relay, cov kev pabcuam xov tooj captioned, lossis lwm yam, muab tus lej rau FEMA rau cov kev pabcuam ntawd.
KEEB KWV YAV DUAJ: Ua teb rau qhov hluav taws kub hnyiab thiab Tus Thawj Kav Xeev Gavin Newsom tau tshaj tawm Lub Xeev Xwm Ceev thiab Daim Ntawv Qhia Txog Kev Ua Haujlwm uas tau tshaj tawm rau lub Ib Hlis 7, 2025, DHCS tau siv cov kev hloov pauv tseem ceeb los tiv thaiv cov tswv cuab Medi-Cal hauv cov cheeb tsam cuam tshuam ntawm lub xeev.
DHCS tswj hwm Medi-Cal, California tus qauv ntawm Medicaid, muab kev pab them nqi kho mob rau yuav luag 15 lab tus tib neeg, suav nrog yuav luag 4 lab tus tswv cuab hauv Los Angeles County thiab ntau dua 250,000 tus tswv cuab hauv Ventura County. Yog tias cov tswv cuab ntawm Medi-Cal xav tau kev pab, lawv yuav tsum tiv tauj lawv tus kws kho mob lossis daim phiaj xwm.
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