Health and care facilities: prospective payment system rate increase. Existing law provides that federally qualified health center services and rural health clinic services, as defined, are covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program, to be reimbursed, to the extent that federal financial participation is obtained, to providers on a per-visit basis and at a per-visit prospective payment system rate, as defined. Existing law establishes 5 separate minimum wage schedules for covered health care employees, as defined, depending on the nature of the employer and includes increases beginning on June 1, 2024. Existing law generally requires the State Department of Public Health to license, regulate, and inspect health and care facilities. This bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services, on or before April 1, 2025, to submit a request for approval to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize a waiver for specified health care facilities to request a change in its prospective payment system rate.