Jackson v. Stockdale

Opinion

KLINE, P. J.

Introduction

Defendants California Health and Welfare Agency, James Stockdale, Acting Secretary of the Agency, State Department of Finance, and Kenneth Kizer, Director of the Department, appeal the issuance of a preliminary injunction by the Alameda County Superior Court, enjoining appellants “from denying Medi-Cal coverage of root canal treatments and laboratory processed crowns on posterior teeth of adult Medi-Cal recipients unless the requested treatment is not medically necessary or there is a less costly, alternative service that meets the patient’s medical needs.” At…