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ASSEMBLY BILL 2932 (TUCKER-1986)

CHAPTER 562, STATUTES OF 1986, AB 2932

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As enacted Assembly Bill 2932 amended only Welfare and Institutions Code sections 14170.1 and 14170.  (See Exhibit #1e) Assembly member Tucker introduced Assembly Bill 2932 on February 10, 1986 at the request of the California Pharmacy Association.  (See Exhibits #1a; #3, page 2; and #11, document PE-6) 

Assembly Bill 2932 was heard in the Assembly Committee on Health, and the Committee on Ways and Means. (See Exhibits #2, #3, and #4)  In the Senate it was referred to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services and the Committee on Appropriations.  (See Exhibits #2, #6, and #7) The measure was amended three times prior to enactment.  (See Exhibits #1b through #1d and #2)  Governor George Deukmejian signed the bill on August 24, 1986, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on August 25 as Chapter 562, Statutes of 1986.   (See Exhibit #1e and #2)

The Third Reading Analysis prepared by the Office of Senate Floor Analyses provides the following digest of Assembly Bill 2932 as last amended on July 3, 1986:

This bill: (1) extends the time period for the Department of Health Services (DHS) to review a noninstitutional Medi-Cal provider’s appeal of an audit; (2) assesses a 10 percent per month overpayment penalty against DHS for not meeting the time requirements or adopting a final decision within 180 days of the hearing; and (3) requires DHS to credit provider underpayments to any overpayments discovered from the same audit period.
(See Exhibit #9, page 1)