Legal Opinion
California Medical Assn. v. Lackner
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 31, 1981No. Civ. 18052PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, J.
At issue in this appeal is the validity of a provision of the Medi-Cal reimbursement statutes (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14077, eff. Sept. 22, 1976) which mandated the Director of the State of California Department of Health Services (director) to establish a new, uniform schedule for reimbursing physicians and dentists for services rendered to Medi-Cal patients, retroactive to July 1, 1976.
We conclude that the legislation, insofar as it is retroactive, violates article IV, section 17 of the California Constitution, prohibiting payment of extra compensation to contractors for…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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