(a)

1. (1) The Medi-Cal-to-Healthy Families Bridge Benefits Program is hereby established to provide any child who meets the criteria set forth in subdivision (b) with a one calendar-month period of health care benefits in order to provide the child with an opportunity to apply for the Healthy Families Program established under Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 12693).
2. (2) The Medi-Cal-to-Healthy Families Bridge Benefits Program shall be administered by the board and the State Department of Health Care Services.

(b)

1. (1) Any child who meets all of the following requirements shall be eligible for one calendar month of Healthy Families benefits funded by Title XXI of the Social Security Act, known as the State Children’s Health Insurance Program:

   1. (A) He or she has been receiving, but is no longer eligible for, full-scope Medi-Cal benefits without a share of cost.
   2. (B) He or she is eligible for full-scope Medi-Cal benefits with a share of cost.
   3. (C) He or she is under 19 years of age at the time he or she is no longer eligible for full-scope Medi-Cal benefits without a share of cost.
   4. (D) He or she has family income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
   5. (E) He or she is not otherwise excluded under the definition of “targeted low-income child” under subsections (b)(1)(B)(ii), (b)(1)(C), and (b)(2) of Section 2110 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Secs. 1397jj(b)(1)(B)(ii), 1397jj(b)(1)(C), and 1397jj(b)(2)).
2. (2) The one calendar month of benefits under this chapter shall begin on the first day of the month following the last day of the receipt of benefits without a share of cost.

(g)

1. (1) This section shall become operative on the first day of the second month following the effective date of this section, subject to paragraph (2).
2. (2) Under no circumstances shall this section become operative until, and shall be implemented only to the extent that, all necessary federal approvals, including approval of any amendments to the State Child Health Plan have been sought and obtained and federal financial participation under the federal State Children’s Health Insurance Program, as set forth in Title XXI of the Social Security Act, has been approved.

(h) This section shall become inoperative if an unappealable court decision or judgment determines that any of the following apply:

1. (1) The provisions of this section are unconstitutional under the United States Constitution or the California Constitution.
2. (2) The provisions of this section do not comply with the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, as set forth in Title XXI of the Social Security Act.
3. (3) The provisions of this section require that the health care benefits provided pursuant to this section are required to be furnished for more than two calendar months.