(a) The quality assurance fee, as calculated pursuant to Section 1324.21, shall be paid by the provider to the department for deposit in the State Treasury on a monthly basis on or before the last day of the month following the month for which the fee is imposed, except as provided in subdivision (e) of Section 1324.21. (b) On or before the last day of each calendar month or quarter, as determined by the department, each skilled nursing facility shall file a report with the department, in a prescribed form, showing the facilityâs total resident days for the preceding quarter and payments made. If it is determined that a lesser amount was paid to the department, the facility shall pay the amount owed in the preceding quarter to the department with the report. Any amount determined to have been paid in excess to the department during the previous quarter shall be credited to the amount owed in the following quarter. (c) On or before August 31 of each year, each skilled nursing facility subject to an assessment pursuant to Section 1324.21 shall report to the department, in a prescribed form, the facilityâs total resident days and total payments made for the preceding state fiscal year. If it is determined that a lesser amount was paid to the department during the previous year, the facility shall pay the amount owed to the department with the report. (d) (1) A newly licensed skilled nursing facility shall complete all requirements of subdivision (a) for any portion of the year in which it commences operations and of subdivision (b) for any portion of the calendar month or quarter in which it commences operations. (2) For purposes of this subdivision, ânewly licensed skilled nursing facilityâ means a location that has not been previously licensed as a skilled nursing facility. (e) (1) If a skilled nursing facility fails to pay all or part of the quality assurance fee within 60 days of the date that payment is due, the department shall assess interest at the rate of 7 percent per annum on any unpaid amount due, beginning on the 61st calendar day from the date the payment is due, until the unpaid amount due, plus any interest, is paid in full. (2) (A) When a skilled nursing facility fails to pay all or part of the quality assurance fee within 60 days of the date that payment is due, the department may deduct any unpaid assessment, including any interest and penalties owed, from any Medi-Cal payments to the facility until the full amount is recovered. Any deduction shall be made only after written notice to the facility and may be taken over a period of time taking into account the financial condition of the facility. (B) Notwithstanding any other law, for the rate period from August 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020, and every subsequent calendar year thereafter, the department may deduct any unpaid assessments, including any interest and penalties owed, attributable to a debtor facility from any Medi-Cal payments made to a related facility or entity by common ownership or control to the debtor facility within the meaning of Section 413.17(b) of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations. If the department deducts any unpaid assessments from the Medi-Cal payments to a related facility or entity, the department shall provide prior written notice to both the debtor facility and the related facility or entity, and, in taking into account the financial condition of the related facility, may apply that deduction over a period of time. (3) In addition to the requirements specified in this subdivision and subdivision (h), any unpaid quality assurance fee, including any interest and penalties owed, assessed by this article shall constitute a debt due to the state and may be collected pursuant to Section 12419.5 of the Government Code. (4) In addition to the requirements specified in this subdivision and subdivision (h), the department may take appropriate legal action in state or federal court to recover the unpaid quality assurance fe
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