Community activist groups say they’re frustrated with the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department’s process for crafting a plan to transfer patients with “unsatisfactory immigration status” to a different primary care provider.
In September, the county announced that patients with Medi-Cal who have an unsatisfactory immigration status would not be able to be seen at county health clinics because of federal and state funding changes. The announcement stated that patients would be transitioned to new primary care providers by Jan. 1.
However, the mandate is currently being blocked by a legal injunction…