California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14166.21

WIC § 14166.21 Effective Jul 15, 2011Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 5.2

Statute text

(a)The Health Care Support Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the fund shall be continuously appropriated to the department for the purposes specified in this article. The fund shall include any interest that accrues on amounts in the fund.

(b)During the term of the demonstration project, amounts in the Health Care Support Fund shall be paid in the following order of priority:

(1)To hospitals for services rendered to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and the uninsured in an amount necessary to meet the aggregate baseline funding amount, or the adjusted aggregate baseline funding amount for project years after the 2005-06 project year, as specified in subdivision (d) of Section 14166.5, subdivision (b) of Section 14166.13, and Section 14166.18, taking into account all other payments to each hospital under this article, except payments made from the Distressed Hospital Fund pursuant to Section 14166.23 and payments made to distressed hospitals pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 14166.20. If the amount in the Health Care Support Fund is inadequate to provide full aggregate baseline funding, or adjusted aggregate baseline funding, to all designated public hospitals, project year private DSH hospitals, and nondesignated public hospitals, each group’s payments shall be reduced pro rata.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 86, Sec. 16. (AB 1066) Effective July 15, 2011. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14166.26 or in subd. (b) or (g) of Section 14166.2. Repealed on date prescribed in Section 14166.26 or in subd. (b) or (g) of Section 14166.2.