CA Health & Safety Code § 130158 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 108 - CALIFORNIA CHILDREN AND FAMILIES PROGRAM|Section 130158.

130158.  (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 130105, for the 2011–12 fiscal year, nine hundred fifty million dollars ($950,000,000) from the combined balances of all the county Children and Families Trust Funds, including reserve funds, as provided for in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 130105, shall be transferred to and deposited in the Children and Families Health and Human Services Fund, to support state health and human services programs for children from birth through five years of age.(b) For purposes of this section, “state health and human services programs” includes, but is not limited to, direct health care services and “county commission” includes, but is not limited to, county commissions, account holders for local children and families trust funds, and county government fiscal agents.(c) The share of the amount specified in subdivision (a) required of each county commission shall be determined in the following manner and subject to the following conditions:(1) A county commission that received less than six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) in California Children and Families Trust Fund revenues in the 2009–10 fiscal year is exempt from this section and is not required to deposit funds in the Children and Families Health and Human Services Fund as part of the budget solution described in subdivision (a).(2) By June 30, 2012, each county commission not exempted by paragraph (1) shall remit for deposit into the Children and Families Health and Human Services Fund, 50 percent of its county commission funding, which includes total reserved, total unreserved-designated, and total unreserved-undesignated local children and families trust funds as of June 30, 2010. No funds other than revenues received pursuant to the California Children and Families Act of 1998 shall be remitted for deposit into the Children and Families Health and Human Services Fund.(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), county commission payments for deposit into the Children and Families Health and Human Services Fund shall not cause any county commission’s fund balance to fall below the amount received by the county commission from the California Children and Families Trust Fund in the 2009–10 fiscal year.(4) Full payments to the Children and Families Health and Human Services Fund shall be made by county commissions within the 2011–12 fiscal year. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 2012–13 allocation to a county commission shall occur prior to the full payment being made.(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, the total combined remittances from county commissions in the 2011–12 fiscal year shall equal nine hundred fifty million dollars ($950,000,000). To the extent paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, result in more than nine hundred fifty million dollars ($950,000,000) being provided by county commissions in total, the difference shall be proportionally returned to all contributing county commissions.(d) Pursuant to subdivision (c), each county commission, as defined in subdivision (b), shall ensure that the funds for transfer and deposit to the Children and Families Health and Human Services Fund are not encumbered and are available for the purposes described in this section. To the extent that it is necessary or appropriate for a county commission to disencumber existing obligations to meet the requirements of this section, the county commission, including, but not limited to, its representatives, officers, directors, and employees, including its attorneys and other persons, is hereby released from any and all liability, rights, claims, demands, and actions, known and unknown, which any party may have, arising in connection with the disencumbering of funds, or obligations in accordance with this section.(e) After a county commission’s share of the nine hundred fifty million dollars ($950,000,000) specified in subdivision (a) has been determined pursuant to subdivision (c), that county commission, or appropriate agent or entity, shall remit those funds to the Controller for deposit into the Children and Families Health and Human Services Fund. The entire share of funds for each county commission shall be remitted within the 2011–12 fiscal year, and may be done, in equal amounts, on a monthly basis.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 4, Sec. 4. (AB 99) Effective March 24, 2011.)