Lead Local Educational Agency Medi-Cal Billing Option Program Specialist

Funding Description

The California Department of Education is accepting applications from local educational agencies (LEAs) to act as the Lead LEA Medi-Cal Billing Specialist to other LEAs participating, or interested in participating, in the LEA Medi-Cal Billing Option Program.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, other organizations or agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	LEA applicants (an individual LEA or the lead LEA member of a consortium) must have been participating in the LEA Medi-Cal Billing Option Program (LEA BOP) and claiming for LEA BOP services for a minimum of three years immediately prior to the initial project period start date of June 27, 2022.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Applicants not claiming for LEA BOP services in fiscal years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 will not be eligible for this grant. In addition, applicants must be considered to be in compliant status with the LEA BOP at the time the application is reviewed (e.g., the applicant is up-to-date on submitting all California Department of Health Care Services-required documents and agreements).
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Chapter 252, Statutes of 2021 (Assembly Bill 167) amended Chapter 44, Statutes of 2021 (Assembly Bill 130)
Source / Type	State / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2022-23
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	7810 / 8590
Total Available	Unavailable
Recipient Amount	Unavailable
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Unavailable

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	Unavailable

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Unavailable
Fiscal	Unavailable
Funding Results	Recip-22: LEA BOP (CA Dept of Education) [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r29/leabop22results.asp]
Other	A technical assistance webinar to review all parts of the RFA will take place on May 26, 2022, from noon to 1 p.m. (Please note the original webinar date was May 20, 2022 from 1-2 p.m.) Register in advance for this webinar at the link provided on the RFA page.

Contacts

Program	Lisa Borrego, 916-319-0616, LBorrego@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Office of School-Based Health Programs, 916-323-2212, Wellness@cde.ca.gov
Division	Whole Child Division, 916-323-2212