California Department of Health Care Services

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is a department within the California Health and Human Services Agency that finances and administers a number of individual health care service delivery programs, including Medi-Cal, which provides health care services to low-income people.

[2] On September 25, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Richard Figueroa, Jr. as Acting Director.

[3] Will Lightbourne was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom and began serving as Director on June 16, 2020.

[4] Subsequently, Michelle Baass was appointed Director of DHCS by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 10, 2021, replacing the outgoing Will Lightbourne.

[5] A December 2014 audit of the DHCS's Medi-Cal dental care program (Denti-Cal) by the California State Auditor reported that:

A building occupied by the California Department of Health Care Services.