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JENNIFER KENT GAVIN NEWSOMMedi-Cal Privacy and Security Agreement • August 7th, 2019
The purpose of this letter is to notify counties of the 2019 Medi-Cal Privacy and Security Agreement (Agreement) and to provide counties with instructions for returning signed Agreements to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). This letter supersedes All County Welfare Directors Letter No. 16-09. The purpose of the Agreement between DHCS and each County Welfare Department (CWD) is to ensure the security and privacy of Medi-Cal Personally Identifiable Information (PII) contained in the Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System (MEDS), the Applicant Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS), and in data received from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and other sources. Because counties have access to SSA-provided information, SSA requires that DHCS enter into individual agreements with the counties to safeguard this information. All 58 CWDs are required to sign the 2019 Agreement to ensure the continued transmission of PII between the counties and DHCS.
