Experts and disability justice advocates say these changes could help more California families with children who have complex medical needs access the care they‘re entitled to. California has a variety of programs aimed at supporting the health care needs of children with complex disabilities. She said it would help if the state Department of Health Care Services would standardize requirements across health plans. He and Leach-Proffer said the Department of Health Care Services needs to provide better oversight of authorization processes among counties and Medi-Cal–managed care plans. Her investigative stories on access to mental health care have resulted in legislative and policy changes.