(a)

1. (1) The Healthy Families-to-Medi-Cal Bridge Benefits Program is hereby established to provide any person enrolled for coverage under this part who meets the criteria set forth in subdivision (b) with a two calendar-month period of health care benefits in order to provide the person with an opportunity to apply for Medi-Cal.
2. (2) The Healthy Families-to-Medi-Cal Bridge Benefits Program shall be administered by the board.

(b)

1. (1) Any person who meets all of the following requirements shall be eligible for two additional calendar months of Healthy Families benefits:

   1. (A) He or she has been receiving, but is no longer eligible for, benefits under the program.
   2. (B) He or she appears to be income eligible for full-scope Medi-Cal benefits without a share of cost.
2. (2) The two additional calendar months of benefits under this chapter shall begin on the first day of the month following the last day of the person’s eligibility for benefits under the program.

(e) 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 federal 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.