DHCS issued an All County Letter to update counties about eligibility for pregnancy services. Based on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, SAWS will change its language for Medi-Cal NOAs about coverage of pregnancy services. The programming will allow pregnancy to be selected for any person on a Medi-Cal case regardless of gender. As of July 18, 2016, all persons, regardless of gender identity, may request eligibility on the basis of pregnancy when applying for public insurance programs. CalHEERS is working on an update to reflect this change.
DHCS ACWDL 17-38 (December 4, 2017).