CA Welf & Inst Code § 17601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS|CHAPTER 6 - State and Local Fund Allocations|ARTICLE 2 - Mental Health Allocations|Section 17601.

17601.  On or before the 27th day of each month, the Controller shall allocate to the mental health account of each local health and welfare trust fund the amounts deposited and remaining unexpended and unreserved on the 15th day of the month in the Mental Health Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account in the Local Revenue Fund in accordance with the following schedules:(a) (1) Schedule A—State Hospital and Community Mental Health Allocations.AllocationJurisdictionPercentageAlameda  ........................ 4.882Alpine  ........................ 0.018Amador  ........................ 0.070Butte  ........................ 0.548Calaveras  ........................ 0.082Colusa  ........................ 0.073Contra Costa ........................ 2.216Del Norte  ........................ 0.088El Dorado  ........................ 0.285Fresno  ........................ 2.045Glenn  ........................ 0.080Humboldt  ........................ 0.465Imperial  ........................ 0.342Inyo  ........................ 0.104Kern  ........................ 1.551Kings  ........................ 0.293Lake  ........................ 0.167Lassen  ........................ 0.087Los Angeles  ........................ 28.968 Madera  ........................ 0.231Marin  ........................ 0.940Mariposa  ........................ 0.054Mendocino  ........................ 0.332Merced  ........................ 0.546Modoc  ........................ 0.048Mono  ........................ 0.042Monterey  ........................ 0.950Napa  ........................ 0.495Nevada  ........................ 0.191Orange  ........................ 4.868Placer  ........................ 0.391Plumas  ........................ 0.068Riverside  ........................ 2.394Sacramento  ........................ 3.069San Benito  ........................ 0.090San Bernardino ........................ 3.193San Diego  ........................ 5.603San Francisco  ........................ 4.621San Joaquin  ........................ 1.655San Luis Obispo  ........................ 0.499San Mateo  ........................ 2.262Santa Barbara  ........................ 0.949Santa Clara  ........................ 4.112Santa Cruz  ........................ 0.558Shasta  ........................ 0.464Sierra  ........................ 0.026Siskiyou  ........................ 0.137Solano  ........................ 1.027Sonoma  ........................ 1.068Stanislaus  ........................ 1.034Sutter/Yuba  ........................ 0.420Tehama  ........................ 0.181Trinity  ........................ 0.055Tulare  ........................ 0.941Tuolumne  ........................ 0.121Ventura  ........................ 1.472Yolo  ........................ 0.470Berkeley  ........................ 0.190Tri-City  ........................ 0.165The amounts allocated in accordance with Schedule A for the 1991–92 fiscal year shall be considered the base allocations for the 1992–93 fiscal year.(2) The funds allocated pursuant to Schedule B shall be increased to reflect the addition of percentages for the institutions for mental disease allocation pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).(3) The Controller shall allocate three million seven hundred thousand dollars ($3,700,000) to the counties pursuant to a percentage schedule developed by the Director of Health Care Services as specified in subdivision (c) of Section 4095. The funds allocated pursuant to Schedule A shall be increased to reflect the addition of this schedule.(4) (A) The State Department of Health Care Services may amend Schedule A in order to restore counties funds associated with multicounty regional programs.(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department of Health Care Services shall amend Schedule A for the purpose of establishing mental health base allocations for each county for the 1994–95 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, in order to ensure that mental health base allocations for each county do not fall below 75 percent of the allocations for the 1989–90 fiscal year. The money specified in subdivision (c) of former Section 17605.05 shall be used for this purpose.(b) (1) Schedule B—State Hospital Payment Schedule.From the amounts allocated in accordance with Schedule A, each county and city shall reimburse the Controller for reimbursement to the State Department of Mental Health, or its successor, the State Department of State Hospitals, for the 1991–92 fiscal year only, an amount equal to one-ninth of the amount identified in Schedule B as modified to reflect adjustments pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 4330, subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of, and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of, Section 1370 of the Penal Code, and subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of, and subdivision (f) of, Section 1372 of the Penal Code. The reimbursements shall be due the 24th day of each month and the first payment shall be due on October 24, 1991. During the 1992–93 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, each monthly reimbursement shall be one-twelfth of the total amount of the county’s contract with the State Department of Mental Health, or its successor, the State Department of State Hospitals, for state hospital services. If a county has not contracted with the State Department of State Hospitals by July 1 of any given fiscal year, each monthly reimbursement shall be an amount equal to one-twelfth the number of beds provided to the county the previous fiscal year multiplied by the current state rate as determined by the State Department of State Hospitals.First YearState HospitalJurisdictionWithholdingAlameda  ........................ $ 15,636,372Berkeley City  ........................ 0Alpine  ........................ 95,379Amador  ........................ 148,915Butte  ........................ 650,238Calaveras  ........................ 100,316Colusa  ........................ 189,718Contra Costa  ........................ 8,893,339Del Norte  ........................ 94,859El Dorado  ........................ 236,757Fresno  ........................ 1,429,379Glenn  ........................ 51,977Humboldt  ........................ 727,684Imperial  ........................ 259,887Inyo  ........................ 363,842Kern  ........................ 4,024,613Kings  ........................ 266,904Lake  ........................ 292,373Lassen  ........................ 167,367Los Angeles  ........................ 102,458,700Tri-City  ........................ 0Madera  ........................ 131,243Marin  ........................ 3,248,590Mariposa  ........................ 117,989Mendocino  ........................ 471,955Merced  ........................ 404,125Modoc  ........................ 94,859Mono  ........................ 94,859Monterey  ........................ 2,079,097Napa  ........................ 2,338,985Nevada  ........................ 493,786Orange  ........................ 14,066,133Placer  ........................ 847,232Plumas  ........................ 130,463Riverside  ........................ 4,891,077Sacramento  ........................ 4,547,506San Benito  ........................ 259,887San Bernardino  ........................ 5,587,574San Diego  ........................ 6,734,976San Francisco  ........................ 23,615,688San Joaquin  ........................ 927,018San Luis Obispo  ........................ 719,887San Mateo  ........................ 6,497,179Santa Barbara  ........................ 2,168,758Santa Clara  ........................ 7,106,095Santa Cruz  ........................ 1,403,391Shasta  ........................ 1,169,492Sierra  ........................ 94,859Siskiyou  ........................ 129,944Solano  ........................ 5,332,885Sonoma  ........................ 2,669,041Stanislaus  ........................ 1,740,205Sutter/Yuba  ........................ 363,842Tehama  ........................ 363,842Trinity  ........................ 94,859Tulare  ........................ 675,707Tuolumne  ........................ 304,328Ventura  ........................ 3,378,533Yolo  ........................ 1,169,492(2) (A) (i) During the 1992–93 fiscal year, in lieu of making the reimbursement required by paragraph (1), a county may elect to authorize the Controller to reimburse the State Hospital Account of the Mental Health Facilities Fund a pro rata share each month computed by multiplying the ratio of the reimbursement amount owed by the county as specified in Schedule B to the total amount of money projected to be allocated to the county pursuant to Schedule A by the funds available for deposit in the mental health account of the county’s health and welfare trust fund.(ii) The reimbursement shall be made monthly on the same day the Controller allocates funds to the local health and welfare trust funds.(B) During the 1992–93 fiscal year and thereafter, the amount to be reimbursed each month shall be computed by multiplying the ratio of the county’s contract for state hospital services to the amount of money projected to be allocated to the county pursuant to Schedule A by the funds available for deposit in the mental health account of the county’s health and welfare trust fund.(C) All reimbursements, deposits, and transfers made to the Mental Health Facilities Fund pursuant to a county election shall be deemed to be deposits to the local health and welfare trust fund.(3) (A) Counties shall notify the Controller, in writing, by October 15, 1991, upon making the election pursuant to paragraph (2). The election shall be binding for the fiscal year. The pro rata share of allocations made prior to the election by the county shall be withheld from allocations in subsequent months until paid.(B) For the 1992–93 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, counties shall notify the Controller, in writing, by July 1 of the fiscal year for which the election is made, upon making the election pursuant to paragraph (2).(4) Regardless of the reimbursement option elected by a county, no county shall be required to reimburse the Mental Health Facilities Fund by an amount greater than the amount identified in Schedule B as modified to reflect adjustments pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 4330.(c) (1) For the 1991–92 fiscal year, the Controller shall distribute monthly beginning in October from the Mental Health Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account of the Local Revenue Fund to the mental health account of each local health and welfare trust fund one-ninth of the amount allocated to the county in accordance with the institutions for mental disease allocation schedule established by the State Department of Mental Health.(2) Each county shall forward to the Controller, monthly, an amount equal to one-ninth of the amount identified in the schedule established by the State Department of Mental Health. The reimbursements shall be due by the 24th day of the month to which they apply, and the first payment shall be due October 24, 1991. These amounts shall be deposited in the Institutions for Mental Disease Account in the Mental Health Facilities Fund.(3) (A) (i) During the 1991–92 fiscal year, in lieu of making the reimbursement required by paragraph (1), a county may elect to authorize the Controller to reimburse the Institutions for Mental Disease Account of the Mental Health Facilities Fund a pro rata share each month computed by multiplying the ratio of the reimbursement amount owed by the county as specified in Schedule B to the total amount of money projected to be allocated to the county pursuant to Schedule A by the funds available for deposit in the mental health account of the county’s health and welfare trust fund.(ii) The reimbursement shall be made monthly on the same day the Controller allocates funds to the local health and welfare trust funds.(B) During the 1992–93 fiscal year and thereafter, the amount to be reimbursed each month shall be computed by multiplying the ratio of the county’s contract for mental health services to the amount of money projected to be allocated to the county pursuant to Schedule A by the funds available for deposit in the mental health account of the county’s health and welfare trust fund.(C) All reimbursements, deposits, and transfers made to the Mental Health Facilities Fund pursuant to a county election shall be deemed to be deposits to the local health and welfare trust fund.(4) (A) Counties shall notify the Controller, in writing, by October 15, 1991, upon making the election pursuant to paragraph (3). The election shall be binding for the fiscal year. The pro rata share of allocations made prior to the election by the county shall be withheld from allocations in subsequent months until paid.(B) For the 1992–93 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, counties shall notify the Controller, in writing, by July 1 of the fiscal year for which the election is made, upon making the election pursuant to paragraph (2).(5) Regardless of the reimbursement option elected by a county, no county shall be required to reimburse the Institutions for Mental Disease Account in the Mental Health Facilities Fund an amount greater than the amount identified in the schedule developed by the State Department of Mental Health pursuant to paragraph (1).(d) The Controller shall withhold the allocation of funds pursuant to subdivision (a) in any month a county does not meet the requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) or paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), in the amount of the obligation and transfer the funds withheld to the State Department of State Hospitals and the State Department of Health Care Services for deposit in the State Hospital Account or the Institutions for Mental Disease Account in the Mental Health Facilities Fund, as appropriate.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 418. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)