Proposition 56 Community-Based Adult Services
Overview
Community-Based
Adult Services (CBAS) became effective on April 1, 2012, under the
California Bridge to
Health Care Reform waiver (search for Community-Based Adult Services related
sections).
CBAS
offers services to eligible older adults and/or adults with disabilities to
restore or maintain their optimal capacity for self-care and delay or prevent
inappropriate or personally undesirable institutionalization. CBAS replaced
Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) services which were an optional benefit under the
Medi-Cal Program through February 29, 2012.
CBAS
services include: an individual assessment; professional nursing services;
physical, occupational and speech therapies; mental health services;
therapeutic activities; social services; personal care; a meal; nutritional
counseling; transportation to and from the participant's residence and the CBAS
center.
CBAS
is a Medi-Cal Managed Care benefit available to eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries
enrolled in Medi-Cal Managed Care. Eligibility to participate in CBAS is
determined by the beneficiary's Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan. Other Medi-Cal
beneficiaries ineligible to enroll in Medi-Cal Managed Care may receive CBAS,
if found eligible through the Los Angeles Medi-Cal Field Office, or its
designee.
The
2019-2020 State budget signed by the Governor on June 27, 2019, included $13.7
million of the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act
(Proposition 56), supplemental funding for CBAS providers through December 31,
2021.
