(a) The department shall pay to each nondesignated public hospital that is an eligible hospital for the project year, as determined under Section 14105.98, disproportionate share hospital payment adjustments as more specifically set forth in this section. (b) For each project year, the department shall develop and issue a tentative and final disproportionate share list in accordance with Section 14105.98. (c) (1) The department shall compute, for each nondesignated public hospital that is an eligible disproportionate share hospital for the project year, the payment adjustment amounts as determined under paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, and (6) to (8), inclusive, of subdivision (am) of Section 14105.98, and the supplemental payment adjustment amounts as determined under paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (an) of Section 14105.98. (2) The department shall perform the computations set forth in Section 14163 to determine the hospitalâs transfer amount as though that section were still in effect. (3) The disproportionate share hospital payment amount for each nondesignated public hospital for each project year shall be the sum of the amounts computed under paragraph (1) less the amount determined for the hospital under paragraph (2). (4) For purposes of the computations under this subdivision, the federal disproportionate share hospital allotment for California for each project year shall be the allotment effective during the federal fiscal year beginning during the project year. (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the transfer amounts from the Medi-Cal Inpatient Payment Adjustment Fund to the Health Care Deposit Fund, as provided for pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 14163, shall be deemed to be eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000) for purposes of the computations under this subdivision. (6) Subdivision (m) of Section 14105.98 shall apply to payments made under this section. (7) The federal share of the payment amounts determined under this subdivision and paid pursuant to this section, excluding the stabilization funding amounts allocated and paid pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (i), shall be drawn from the allotment of federal funds for Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment adjustments for California specified under Section 1396r-4(f) of Title 42 of the United States Code. (d) To the extent necessary to compute and determine compliance with the hospital-specific disproportionate share hospital payment limitations described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 14166.3, nondesignated public hospitals shall comply with subdivisions (a), (b), and (d) of Section 14166.8. (e) Two interim payments shall be made for the first portion of the project year, on October 1 and December 1 of each project year, as follows: (1) The interim payments shall be made to each nondesignated public hospital identified on a tentative disproportionate share list for the project year that was also on the final disproportionate share list for the prior fiscal year. The interim payment amount for each hospital shall be paid in two equal amounts on October 1 and December 1 of each project year, which combined shall equal five-twelfths of the total payments, excluding stabilization funds, made to the hospital for the prior fiscal year under this section, except that for the 2005â06 project year, the combined amount shall equal the amount that was payable to the hospital for the 2004â05 fiscal year under Section 14105.98, less the transfer amount assessed with respect to the hospital under Section 14163 for the same fiscal year, multiplied by five-twelfths. The interim payment amount may be adjusted to reflect any changes in the total payment amounts, excluding stabilization funds, projected to be made under this section for the project year. (2) The computation of interim payments described in this subdivision shall be made promptly after the department issues the tentati
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