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.