Race/Ethnicity of Newly Medi-Cal Eligible Individuals

This dataset includes race/ethnicity of newly Medi-Cal eligible individuals who identified their race/ethnicity as Hispanic, White, Other Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Asian Indian, Korean, Alaskan Native or American Indian, Japanese, Cambodian, Samoan, Laotian, Hawaiian, Guamanian, Amerasian, or Other, by reporting period. The race/ethnicity 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
accessLevel public
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identifier 1d1ee87d-db02-4c2b-a935-d0c8cebd5b59
issued 2017-10-02T21:56:00.693907
modified 2022-06-15T22:21:54.378692
publisher California Department of Health Care Services
resource-type Dataset
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theme {"Health and Human Services"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • abx
  • abx1
  • abx1-1
  • alaskan-native
  • amerasian
  • american-indian
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • asian-indian
  • black
  • california-department-of-health-care-services
  • california-eligibility-and-enrollment-report
  • cambodian
  • chinese
  • ckan
  • ethnicity
  • filipino
  • geo
  • geoss
  • guamanian
  • hispanic
  • iap
  • insurance-affordability-programs
  • japanese
  • korean
  • laotioan-hawaiian
  • medi-cal
  • medi-cal-demographics
  • medi-cal-eligibility
  • medi-cal-race
  • national
  • north-america
  • other
  • other-asian
  • pacific-islander
  • samoan
  • united-states
  • vietnamese
  • white
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Medi-Cal Eligibility Division / Program Review Branch / Data Analytics Section
maintainer_email opendata@dhcs.ca.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T16:50:15.042551
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T16:50:15.042555
notes This dataset includes race/ethnicity of newly Medi-Cal eligible individuals who identified their race/ethnicity as Hispanic, White, Other Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Asian Indian, Korean, Alaskan Native or American Indian, Japanese, Cambodian, Samoan, Laotian, Hawaiian, Guamanian, Amerasian, or Other, by reporting period. The race/ethnicity 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 39
title Race/Ethnicity of Newly Medi-Cal Eligible Individuals