Primary Language of Newly Medi-Cal Eligible Individuals

This dataset includes the primary language of newly Medi-Cal eligible individuals who identified their primary language as English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Other Non-English, Armenian, Russian, Farsi, Korean, Tagalog, Other Chinese Languages, Hmong, Cambodian, Portuguese, Lao, French, Thai, Japanese, Samoan, Other Sign Language, American Sign Language (ASL), Turkish, Ilacano, Mien, Italian, Hebrew, and Polish, by reporting period. The primary language data is from the Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System (MEDS) and includes eligible individuals without prior Medi-Cal eligibility. This dataset is part of the public reporting requirements set forth in California Welfare and Institutions Code 14102.5.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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issued 2017-10-04T18:29:38.161497
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modified 2025-03-19T17:27:18.328566
publisher California Department of Health Care Services
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theme {"Health and Human Services"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • abx1-1
  • american-sign-language
  • arabic
  • armenian
  • asl
  • california-department-of-health-care-services
  • california-eligibility-and-enrollment-report
  • cambodian
  • cantonese
  • english
  • farsi
  • french
  • hebrew
  • hmong
  • iap
  • ilacano
  • insurance-affordability-programs
  • italian
  • japanese
  • korean
  • lao
  • mandarin
  • medi-cal-demographics
  • medi-cal-eligibility
  • medi-cal-language
  • mien
  • other-non-english
  • polish
  • primary-language
  • prtuguese
  • russian
  • samoan
  • sign-language
  • spanish
  • tagalog
  • thai
  • turkish
  • vietnamese
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maintainer Medi-Cal Eligibility Division / Program Review Branch / Data Analytics Section
maintainer_email opendata@dhcs.ca.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-23T15:28:55.244449
metadata_modified 2025-09-23T15:28:55.244456
notes This dataset includes the primary language of newly Medi-Cal eligible individuals who identified their primary language as English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Other Non-English, Armenian, Russian, Farsi, Korean, Tagalog, Other Chinese Languages, Hmong, Cambodian, Portuguese, Lao, French, Thai, Japanese, Samoan, Other Sign Language, American Sign Language (ASL), Turkish, Ilacano, Mien, Italian, Hebrew, and Polish, by reporting period. The primary language data is from the Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System (MEDS) and includes eligible individuals without prior Medi-Cal eligibility. This dataset is part of the public reporting requirements set forth in California Welfare and Institutions Code 14102.5.
num_resources 2
num_tags 46
title Primary Language of Newly Medi-Cal Eligible Individuals