Medi-Cal Adult Full Scope Expansion Programs

__Age 26-49 Adult Expansion Population:__ data includes the monthly count of individuals 26-49 years of age, by county, receiving full scope Medi-Cal benefits. The counts reflect the total number of eligible individuals enrolled during the month. California provides full scope Medi-Cal benefits to adults 26-49 years of age, regardless of immigration status. Lawfully present individuals 26-49 years of age are included in this count. The Age 26-49 Adult Expansion program was implemented January 1, 2024, pursuant to [Senate Bill (SB) 184 (Chapter 47, Statutes of 2022)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB184), [California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 14007.8.](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC&sectionNum=14007.8.) Source: MIS/DSS (Management Information System/ Decision Support System), the Department’s primary data warehouse.

__Age 26-49 Adult Expansion Population:__ data includes the monthly count of individuals 26-49 years of age, by county and ethnicity, receiving full scope Medi-Cal benefits. The counts reflect the total number of eligible Age 26-49 Adult Expansion individuals enrolled during the month. California provides full scope Medi-Cal benefits to adults 26-49 years of age, regardless of immigration status. Lawfully present individuals 26-49 years of age are included in this count. The Age 26-49 Adult Expansion program was implemented January 1, 2024, pursuant to [Senate Bill (SB) 184 (Chapter 47, Statutes of 2022)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB184), [California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 14007.8.](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC&sectionNum=14007.8.) Source: MIS/DSS (Management Information System/ Decision Support System), the Department’s primary data warehouse.

__Age 26-49 Adult Expansion Population:__ data includes the monthly count of individuals 26-49 years of age, by county and spoken language, receiving full scope Medi-Cal benefits. The counts reflect the total number of eligible Age 26-49 Adult Expansion individuals enrolled during the month. California provides full scope Medi-Cal benefits to adults 26-49 years of age, regardless of immigration status. Lawfully present individuals 26-49 years of age are included in this count. The Age 26-49 Adult Expansion program was implemented January 1, 2024, pursuant to [Senate Bill (SB) 184 (Chapter 47, Statutes of 2022)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB184), [California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 14007.8.](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC&sectionNum=14007.8.) Source: MIS/DSS (Management Information System/ Decision Support System), the Department’s primary data warehouse.

__Age 26-49 Adult Expansion Population:__ data includes the monthly count of individuals 26-49 years of age, by county and written language, receiving full scope Medi-Cal benefits. The counts reflect the total number of eligible Age 26-49 Adult Expansion individuals enrolled during the month. California provides full scope Medi-Cal benefits to adults 26-49 years of age, regardless of immigration status. Lawfully present individuals 26-49 years of age are included in this count. The Age 26-49 Adult Expansion program was implemented January 1, 2024, pursuant to [Senate Bill (SB) 184 (Chapter 47, Statutes of 2022)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB184), [California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 14007.8.](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC&sectionNum=14007.8.) Source: MIS/DSS (Management Information System/ Decision Support System), the Department’s primary data warehouse.

__Age 19-25 Young Adult Expansion Population:__ This dataset includes the monthly count of Young Adult Expansion individuals ages 19 through 25, by county, who were eligible and enrolled in full scope Medi-Cal for the prior month of eligibility and continue to be eligible in the current month. Lawfully present individuals ages 21 through 25 are included in this count. The Young Adult Expansion program was implemented January 1, 2020 pursuant to Senate Bill (SB) 104 (Chapter 67, Statutes of 2019), California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 14007.8. The source of the data is the Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System (MEDS). Counties with zero individuals enrolled during a reporting period are not included in the dataset.

__Age 50 and over Older Adult Expansion Population:__ The datasets include the monthly count of individuals 50 years of age or older, by county, receiving full scope Medi-Cal benefits. The counts reflect the total number of eligible individuals enrolled during the month. California provides full scope Medi-Cal benefits to adults 50 years of age or older, regardless of immigration status. Lawfully present individuals 50 years of age or older are included in this count. The Older Adult Expansion program was implemented May 1, 2022, pursuant to [Assembly Bill (AB) 133 (Chapter 143, Statutes of 2021)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB133), [California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 14007.8.](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC&sectionNum=14007.8.) Counties with zero individuals enrolled during a reporting period are not included in the dataset. Source: MIS/DSS (Management Information System/ Decision Support System), the Department’s primary data warehouse.