Section 5023.6 Of Chapter 1. The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
5023.6
. (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall,
by January 1, 2011, do all of the following:
(1) Adopt industry standard claim forms for use by contract health
care service providers.
(2) Be able to accept secure electronic submission of claims from
contract health care service providers.
(3) Perform periodic audits of claims paid to contract health care
providers.
(4) Provide secure, remote electronic access to claim status
information to those contract health care service providers
submitting claims electronically in the manner required by the
department.
(b) The department may adopt policies and procedures for the
purpose of enabling electronic health care claims management and
processing. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of policies and
procedures for this limited purpose are exempt from the rulemaking
provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code).