(a) The California Medical Assistance Commission shall negotiate payment amounts in accordance with the selective provider contracting program established pursuant to Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 14081) from the Nondesignated Public Hospital Supplemental Fund established pursuant to subdivision (b) for distribution to nondesignated public hospitals that satisfy the criteria of subdivision (o). Pursuant to Section 14165, on and after July 1, 2012, the Director of Health Care Services shall exercise the discretion granted to the California Medical Assistance Commission. (b) (1) The Nondesignated Public Hospital Supplemental Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. For purposes of this section, âfundâ means the Nondesignated Public Hospital Supplemental Fund. (2) Effective December 31, 2028, the Nondesignated Public Hospital Supplemental Fund in the State Treasury, created pursuant to this section, is hereby abolished. All moneys remaining in the fund or moneys designated to be deposited to the fund shall be transferred to the General Fund. (c) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the fund shall be continuously appropriated to the department for the purposes specified in this section. (d) Except as otherwise limited by this section, the fund shall consist of all of the following: (1) One million nine hundred thousand dollars ($1,900,000), which shall be transferred annually from General Fund amounts appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the fund. (2) Any additional moneys appropriated to the fund. (3) All stabilization funding transferred to the fund. (4) All private moneys donated by private individuals or entities to the department for deposit in the fund as permitted under applicable federal Medicaid laws. (5) Any interest that accrues on amounts in the fund. (e) The department may accept or not accept moneys offered to the department for deposit in the fund. If the department accepts moneys pursuant to this section, the department shall obtain federal financial participation to the full extent permitted by law. With respect to funds transferred or donated from private individuals or entities, the department shall accept only those funds that are certified by the transferring or donating entity as qualifying for federal financial participation under the terms of the Medicaid Voluntary Contribution and Provider-Specific Tax Amendments of 1991 (Public Law 102-234) or Section 433.51 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as applicable. The department may return any funds transferred or donated in error. (f) Moneys in the funds shall be used as the source for the nonfederal share of payments to hospitals under this section. (g) Any funds remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried forward for use in the following fiscal year. (h) Moneys shall be allocated from the fund by the department and shall be applied to obtain federal financial participation in accordance with customary Medi-Cal accounting procedures for purposes of payments under this section. Distributions from the fund shall be supplemental to any other Medi-Cal reimbursement received by the hospitals, including amounts that hospitals receive under the selective provider contracts negotiated under Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 14081), and shall not affect provider rates paid under the selective provider contracting program. (i) Each nondesignated public hospital that was a nondesignated public hospital during the 2002â03 fiscal year, received payments for the 2002â03 fiscal year from any of the prior supplemental funds, and, during the project year satisfies the criteria in subdivision (o) to be eligible to negotiate for distributions under any of those sections shall receive no less from the Nondesignated Public Hospital Supplemental Fund for the project year than 100 percent of the amount the hospital received from the prior supplemental funds for the 2002â03 fiscal year, minus the t
‹ Prev All California sections Next ›
Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.