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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 124410.

124410. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, if requested by the nonprofit or public agency and to the extent funds are available, provide for advance payments for services to be performed under any agreement entered into pursuant to the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27) and that is otherwise in compliance with the requirements contained in Section 100350. Individual advance payments made to any nonprofit or public agency that requests those payments shall be made in a timely fashion and shall not exceed 25 percent of the total amount of the grant award.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 124415.

124415. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, in addition to the advance payment under Section 124410, provide for prospective payments for services to be performed under any agreement entered into pursuant to the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27). These prospective payments may be provided each month to a contracting agency on one of the following bases:
(a)  One-twelfth of the total funding award each month.
(b)  One-twelfth of 75 percent of the funding award, if a 25 percent advance payment is also provided.
Prospective payments may be made to those nonprofit or public agencies that request prospective payments and may be adjusted if necessary during the project period after the submission and review of required program reports.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 124420.

124420. Each agreement for a project shall require the contracting agency to seek third-party reimbursements, including Medi-Cal and private insurance, for any person served under the agreement and shall require that the reimbursements be used for purposes consistent with the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27). Each agreement may require the contracting agency to provide reports to the department on reimbursements.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 124425.

124425. (a)  It is the intent of the Legislature that funds authorized by the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27) be provided to organizations and agencies that are located in underserved areas or that are serving population groups identified pursuant to subdivision (b).
(b)  Every two years the director shall develop a list of underserved rural and urban areas and underserved population groups. The director shall take into consideration the list of urban and rural areas designated as medically underserved by the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission and by the office and federal medically underserved areas and population groups designated by federal agencies.
(c)  The director shall develop the list of underserved rural and urban areas and underserved population groups, set forth in subdivision (b), after consulting and receiving written recommendations from the Primary Care Clinics Advisory Committee and after consulting with appropriate groups and individuals, including individuals representing underserved populations and local government.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 582, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 124430.

124430. (a)  It is the intent of the Legislature that programs in the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27) be funded annually through the budgetary process.
(b)  In administering funds pursuant to the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27), the department shall use the funds only for the purpose of funding grants specifically authorized by that act.
(c)  No local assistance funds may be used for state administration purposes under the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27).
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 124435.

124435. An applicant for funds pursuant to the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27) shall transmit a copy of an application to any person who makes a written request therefor at the same time that the application is transmitted to the state.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 124440.

124440. The department may enter into agreements with any clinic that is licensed under subdivision (a) of Section 1204 or exempt from licensure under subdivision (c) of Section 1206, and which requests the agreements, for up to three consecutive years.
The contracts shall be limited to the provision of health services to persons authorized to receive health services under the programs specified in the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27).
The department shall retain the right to terminate contracts under the general provisions of the contract language prior to the three years for failure to comply with the performance terms and conditions set forth in the contracts.
The multiple-year contracts shall be modified to reflect any cost-of-living adjustments that are provided to the programs specified in this section, provided the cost-of-living adjustments are granted pursuant to the Budget Act. The contracts may also be amended to reflect changes in the base budget amount, scope of work, and other contract language changes as necessary. Nothing shall prohibit the department from establishing a three-year budget and annually amending the contract to change the budget amount, scope of work, and other contract language changes as necessary. Nothing shall prohibit the contract from being modified based on the mutual consent of the contractor and the department. Advance payments in the original contract and in each one-year extension are permitted, but shall not exceed 25 percent of the funds provided for each fiscal year.
On or before January 1, 1990, the department at any time shall report to the Legislative Analyst as to the personnel-year and General Fund savings that have been associated with this authority.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 1.5 - Clinic Services › Section 124450.

124450. (a)  In any emergency or disaster, as declared by the Governor, clinics funded under the seasonal agricultural and migratory workers program provided for by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 124550), the rural health services development program provided for by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 124600) or the expanded access to primary care program provided for by Article 2 (commencing with Section 124900) of Chapter 7 shall provide nonelective, primary health care services, utilizing a sliding-fee scale based on income, including a zero payment option, to all persons who are impacted by the emergency or disaster and who present themselves for treatment at the clinic.
(b)  The department shall deny or recoup payment under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 124550), Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 124600), and Article 2 (commencing with Section 124900) of Chapter 7, assess civil penalties, revoke or suspend the license of the clinic pursuant to Section 1229, or impose other sanctions or other penalties authorized by law, when the clinic charges patients for care and fails to utilize a sliding-fee scale based on income, including a zero-payment option, to determine the fees to be charged to any patient pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c)  To the extent that the department enters into contracts or renews contracts with clinics identified in subdivision (b) on or after the effective date of this section, those contracts shall require clinics to utilize a sliding-fee scale based on income, including a zero-payment option, when determining fees to be assessed for patients.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 294, Sec. 27. Effective August 18, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 2 - Primary Clinic Revolving Fund › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 124475.

124475. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)  Clinics are valuable partners in the state’s efforts to improve access to health services.
(b)  Clinics have an established record of providing quality health services to medically uninsured persons at a reasonable cost.
(c)  Clinics are experienced in serving the culturally diverse populations of this state and have developed comprehensive health services packages that meet special population needs.
(d)  Clinics are major partners with all levels of government as contractors and grantees in programs that serve the poor, low income, minorities, and other target populations with special needs in both urban and rural areas of California.
(e)  The state’s grant and contract approval process are so complicated and time consuming that clinics are faced annually with severe cash-flow problems.
(f)  The length of time required for the state to process and execute payment of claims submitted by clinics, creates severe cash-flow problems for the clinics.
(g)  Clinics often have no choice but to borrow funds to cover operations pending receipt of state funds and the resulting interest payments reduce the amount of funds available for direct services to the needy population.
(h)  Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that preliminary advance payment authority be established for the department in order to alleviate clinics’ cash-flow problems to the extent possible.
(i)  It is the intent of the Legislature that a clinic revolving fund be established within the department to expedite the payment process and thereby alleviate the cash-flow problems of clinics.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 2 - Primary Clinic Revolving Fund › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 124480.

124480. As used in this chapter, “clinic” means a primary care clinic as defined in Section 1200.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 2 - Primary Clinic Revolving Fund › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 124485.

124485. (a)  The department shall prepare and transmit to the Legislature a report of the department’s activities relating to the utilization of clinics to provide comprehensive health services pursuant to the following programs:
(1)  Health of seasonal agricultural and migratory workers and their families program.
(2)  American Indian health services program.
(3)  Rural health services program.
(4)  Grants-in-aid to clinic program.
(5)  California health services corps program.
(b)  A report shall be transmitted to the Legislature by July 1, 1992, and by July 1 of every fourth year thereafter.
(c)  The report shall also include any grant funds expended and the resources allocated to the programs by the department, including staff, travel, and support services.
(d)  The report shall reflect activities, resources, and expenditures by fiscal year.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 2 - Primary Clinic Revolving Fund › ARTICLE 2 - The Clinic Revolving Fund › Section 124500.

124500. The Clinic Revolving Fund of the department is hereby established for the purpose of expediting preliminary advance payments as authorized pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 124525) and to reimburse clinics that are grantees or contractors for services rendered under grants or contracts issued pursuant to this part.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 2 - Primary Clinic Revolving Fund › ARTICLE 2 - The Clinic Revolving Fund › Section 124505.

124505. (a)  Notwithstanding Section 16400 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the department may, to the extent local assistance appropriations are made by the Legislature for programs set forth in this part, without at the time furnishing vouchers or itemized statements, draw up to 50 percent of the funds appropriated for the purposes of the Clinic Revolving Fund, for purposes of preliminary advance payments pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 124525).
(b)  The purpose of the Clinic Revolving Fund does not include expenses related to departmental administrative expenses, departmental travel expenses, departmental travel expense advances, or other departmental administrative costs.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 2 - Primary Clinic Revolving Fund › ARTICLE 2 - The Clinic Revolving Fund › Section 124510.

124510. In lieu of actually withdrawing revolving fund moneys from the State Treasury, the Controller, upon the request of the department, shall apply and credit the amount of the Clinic Revolving Fund, or any portion thereof, as repayment and return of any existing funds in the revolving fund to the appropriation for which it was drawn by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 2 - Primary Clinic Revolving Fund › ARTICLE 2 - The Clinic Revolving Fund › Section 124515.

124515. The department shall remain fully accountable for the Clinic Revolving Fund. All disbursements shall be substantiated by vouchers filed with the Controller. Disbursements may be reported, substantiated by vouchers, from time to time to the Controller in connection with claims for reimbursements of the revolving fund. At any time, upon the demand of the Department of Finance or the Controller, the revolving fund shall be accounted for and substantiated by vouchers and itemized statements submitted to the Controller.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 2 - Primary Clinic Revolving Fund › ARTICLE 3 - Preliminary Advance Payments › Section 124525.

124525. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department may, to the extent funds are available, provide for advance payments for services to be performed under pending grant agreements or contracts with clinics pursuant to the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27), at the time that the notice of award is issued if all of the following conditions are met:
(a)  The request for application or the request for proposals contains the terms and conditions under which advance payment may be received pursuant to this section.
(b)  That the total amount of the advance shall not exceed 25 percent of the amount of the proposed award, including any advance payments provided under authority of any other provision of law.
(c)  That the terms and conditions of the request for application or the request for proposal, specifies that the grantee shall repay the full amount of the advance if the grant or the contract is not finally approved.
(d)  That the department has evaluated the financial stability of the clinic and found it to be reasonably financially sound.
(e)  That advance payments be made only to those nonprofit agencies that request an advance in writing.
(f)  That the application or proposal contains the terms and conditions set forth in the request for application or the request for proposal.
(g)  That the application or proposal is signed by an authorized person representing the clinic.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 3 - Health of Seasonal Agricultural and Migratory Workers › Section 124550.

124550. The department shall maintain a program for seasonal agricultural and migratory workers and their families, consisting of all of the following:
(a)  Studies of the health and health services for seasonal agricultural and migratory workers and their families throughout the state.
(b)  Technical and financial assistance to local agencies concerned with the health of seasonal agricultural and migratory workers and their families.
(c)  Coordination with similar programs of the federal government, other states, and voluntary agencies.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 3 - Health of Seasonal Agricultural and Migratory Workers › Section 124555.

124555. (a)  (1)  It is the intent of the Legislature that funds distributed under this section promote stability for participating clinics, as a part of the state’s health care safety net, and at the same time be distributed in a manner that best promotes access to health care to seasonal agricultural and migratory workers and their families.
(2)  The department shall grant funds, for a minimum of three years per grant, retroactive to funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 2002 (Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2002), to eligible, private, nonprofit, community-based primary care clinics for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a health services program for seasonal agricultural and migratory workers and their families. The department may continue to pay any grantee whose grant expired on June 30, 2003, until June 30, 2004, as if the grant had been extended, provided that funds are appropriated for this purpose in the Budget Act of 2003 and the grantee agrees in writing to expend the money as if the grant had been extended.
(b)  In order to be eligible to receive funds under this program, a clinic shall, at a minimum, meet all of the following conditions:
(1)  The clinic shall be licensed under either paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1204.
(2)  The clinic’s patient population shall include at least 25 percent farmworkers and their dependents.
(3)  The clinic shall operate in a medically underserved area, including a Health Professional Shortage Area, or serve a medically underserved population, as designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or shall be able to demonstrate that at least 50 percent of its patients are persons with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
(c)  The department shall seek input from stakeholders in designing the methodology for distribution of funds under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 230, Sec. 13. Effective August 11, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 3 - Health of Seasonal Agricultural and Migratory Workers › Section 124560.

124560. (a)  The Seasonal Agricultural and Migratory Workers Advisory Committee is hereby established in the State Department of Health Services.
(b)  The committee shall advise the department on the level of resources, priorities, criteria, and guidelines necessary to implement this chapter pertaining to the health of seasonal and migratory agricultural workers.
(c)  The committee shall be composed of 11 members, appointed by the Director of Health Services, who are knowledgeable concerning the health care needs of seasonal and migratory farm workers and their families. Committee members shall serve two-year terms. Two members shall be nominated by the Speaker of the Assembly, and two by the Senate Committee on Rules. The members of the committee shall be selected from the following categories of persons:
(1)  Seasonal and migratory farm workers and their families.
(2)  Health care providers from nonprofit community health centers that have a documented history of serving seasonal and migratory agricultural workers.
(3)  Health care professionals.
(4)  Private citizens with documented experience in serving the seasonal agricultural and migratory worker population.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 310, Sec. 24. Effective August 19, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 4 - American Indian Health Services › Section 124575.

124575. The department shall maintain a program for American Indians and their families, consisting of all of the following:
(a)  Studies of the health and health services available to American Indians and their families throughout the state.
(b)  Technical and financial assistance to local agencies concerned with the health of American Indians and their families.
(c)  Coordination with similar programs of the federal government, other states, and voluntary agencies.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 4 - American Indian Health Services › Section 124580.

124580. The department shall cooperate with local governmental agencies and contract with voluntary nonprofit organizations in connection with the development of local health programs for American Indians and their families.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 4 - American Indian Health Services › Section 124585.

124585. (a)  All moneys appropriated to the department for the purposes of this chapter shall be used to provide financial, training, and technical assistance to urban and rural American Indian health programs and to assist these programs in planning, implementing, and upgrading programs to attain a comprehensive health services delivery system for American Indians in urban and rural areas.
(b)  The department shall provide technical assistance and shall promote the provision of services for preventive health care, health education, and environmental health.
(c)  The department may expend funds, appropriated to it to carry out the purposes of this chapter, by contract or grant, or any combination thereof, to assist any urban or rural American Indian health program.
(d)  The department shall adopt regulations establishing criteria for reimbursement for direct services under this chapter, that shall include, but not be limited to, a definition of direct services that are reimbursable and a formula for allocation of funds appropriated to the department.
(e)  The department shall provide assistance to American Indian health services programs in maximizing utilization of third party payment systems and in developing programs in health education, nutrition, and family planning, if the assistance is not being provided by agencies of the federal government.
(f)  Funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter shall be supplemental to those available from the federal government and shall not duplicate, and they shall not replace, any commitments made by the federal government to provide health services to American Indians and their families in this state who receive health services pursuant to an urban or rural American Indian health program.
(g)  It is the intent of the Legislature that the program established by this chapter shall, commencing with the 1984–85 fiscal year, be funded according to customary budget procedures.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 4 - American Indian Health Services › Section 124586.

124586. (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall, to the extent that funds are available, provide to a grantee under this chapter semiannual prospective payments, as specified in this section, during a 12-month fiscal year.
(b)  The first semiannual prospective payment, in an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of the total grant, shall be processed for payment to the grantee following the enactment of the annual Budget Act, and upon formal execution of the grant by the state and shall be contingent upon both of the following:
(1)  A written request for payment from the grantee.
(2)  The grantee’s timely and accurate submission, and the department’s approval, of the progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure report, and annual reconciliation report, from the prior year.
(c)  Based upon the grantee’s timely and accurate submission of the progress reports and budget expenditure reports from the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant, the processing of a second semiannual prospective payment of not more than 40 percent of the total grant shall be processed by the department for payment to a grantee no earlier than January 1 during the term of the grant year. The processing of the grantee’s second semiannual prospective payment by the department shall be contingent upon both of the following:
(1)  A written request for payment from the grantee.
(2)  The grantee’s timely and accurate submission, and the department’s approval, of progress reports and budget expenditure reports.
(d)  Any remaining amount, which shall be at least 10 percent of the total grant award, shall be retained by the department, pending satisfactory submission by the grantee of all progress reports required by the grant, budget expenditure reports, and an annual reconciliation report for the grant year. Payment of the withheld amount shall be processed by the department for payment to the grantee contingent upon both of the following:
(1)  A written request for payment from the grantee.
(2)  The grantee’s timely and accurate submission, and the department’s approval, of all progress reports required under the grant, budget expenditure reports from the grant year, the annual reconciliation report for the grant year, and satisfactory performance under the grant.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 596, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 4 - American Indian Health Services › Section 124590.

124590. The Legislature finds and declares that the health status of many American Indians in California is not adequate.
It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to insure that in addition to funding provided pursuant to the American Indian Health Service program, sufficient funding is provided to American Indians from other programs in order to substantially improve their access to health services. These programs include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a)  Rural health services.
(b)  Mental health services.
(c)  Developmental disability programs.
(d)  Maternal and child health programs.
(e)  Alcoholism programs.
(f)  Programs for the aging.
(g)  Environmental health programs.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 111. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 4 - American Indian Health Services › Section 124595.

124595. (a) The Indian Health Policy Panel, established by the director pursuant to Section 1520 of Title 17 of the California Administrative Code, is continued in existence and shall be renamed the American Indian Health Policy Panel. The policy panel shall advise the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Public Health on the level of resources, priorities, criteria, and guidelines necessary to implement this chapter. The policy panel shall be composed of 10 members, appointed by the director. Four members shall be appointed from a list of persons submitted by the California Rural Indian Health Board, four members shall be appointed from a list of persons submitted by the California Consortium for Urban Indian Health, and two members shall represent the public. The persons appointed by the director to represent the public may be consumers, consumer advocates, health service providers, representatives of state or county health agencies, health professionals, or private citizens. The terms of the members shall be established pursuant to bylaws adopted by the policy panel.
(b) The director may also seek advice from individuals and groups, other than the policy panel, on program issues.
(c) Those persons who are members of the policy panel on December 31, 1983, shall continue to be members for the remainder of their terms and, upon expiration of their terms, shall be eligible for reappointment by the director.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 577, Sec. 15. Effective October 13, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 5 - Rural Health Services Development › ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Intent and General Provisions › Section 124600.

124600. The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations:
(a)  There is a maldistribution of health services in California. Most rural areas of the state do not have adequate health services because there are insufficient health personnel and facilities and inadequate transportation to such services.
(b)  The lack of health services in rural areas has a negative impact on the health and safety of the public.
(c)  Existing public programs to meet the problem of inadequate health services in rural areas are not sufficient in scope or properly coordinated to significantly improve the availability of health services.
(d)  It is unlikely that the situation will improve without substantial state and local action.
It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to establish a program of rural health services in the department. The purpose of the program is to improve the coordination of rural health services and to increase the amount and availability of the services.
The Legislature intends that the program consist of all the following:
(1)  The California Health Services Corps in which health personnel are assigned to health care delivery organizations.
(2)  Health services development projects, in which new health care delivery organizations are established.
(3)  An organizational unit within the department to coordinate rural health programs.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 5 - Rural Health Services Development › ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Intent and General Provisions › Section 124605.

124605. The department shall implement a program to remedy deficiencies in health services in rural areas. The department shall have responsibility for the following elements:
(a)  California Health Services Corps.
(b)  California Rural Health Services Development Projects.
(c)  Coordination of Rural Health Programs.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 5 - Rural Health Services Development › ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Intent and General Provisions › Section 124610.

124610. The director shall administer this chapter and shall adopt any regulations and standards as are necessary to implement this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 106 - PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) › PART 4 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE › CHAPTER 5 - Rural Health Services Development › ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Intent and General Provisions › Section 124615.

124615. No services provided under this chapter shall substitute for current services and obligations of a county including those required by state law.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124620. Funds expended pursuant to this chapter shall be supplemental to those made available by the federal government for the National Health Services Corps and shall not duplicate, or replace, but may supplement and complement, any commitments made by the federal government to provide health personnel as needed.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124625. (a)  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Rural Health Services Development Program be funded annually through the budgetary process.
(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, to the extent funds are available, provide for advance payments for services to be performed under any contract entered into pursuant to this chapter with any small community based public or private nonprofit agency with modest reserves and potential cash flow problems, where the department determines that such advance payments will further the purposes of this chapter. Advance payments shall not be made more than once a year.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124650. The director shall establish in the department, a California Health Services Corps. The purpose of the corps is to make available health personnel to rural areas that are presently receiving inadequate health services. The corps shall consist of physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, dentists, vision care providers, and other health professionals, such as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, dental hygienists, dental assistants, health educators, nutritionists, dietitians, health and nutrition aides, and other personnel as the director finds necessary to meet the purposes of the program.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124655. Members of the California Health Services Corps may be assigned to the following categories of health services programs:
(a)  Any nonprofit primary care clinic or licensed health facility.
(b)  Any health provider or group provider.
(c)  Any county health program or facility.
(d)  Any state health program or facility.
(e)  Any federal health program.
Assignments may be made to a health provider or facility, to a health services development project established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 124700), or directly to an area in California where health services are inadequate.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124660. Assignments shall be made in accordance with the following:
(a)  The authority of any person to supervise any member of the corps shall be subject to approval by the director.
(b)  No member of the corps shall be placed in an assignment without the prior agreement of the person or governing board in charge of the health delivery program to which the corps member is assigned.
(c)  Corps members directly assigned to rural areas or to state-operated projects shall be contract employees of the California Health Services Corps. Corps members assigned to projects with a nonstate provider or facility may be employees of the provider or facility if specified by contract between the state and the provider or facility. The state shall provide malpractice insurance coverage for all corps personnel.
(d)  Local consumers shall be consulted in the placement of California Health Services Corps members.
(e)  In making the assignment of a corps member, the director shall seek to match the characteristics and preferences of the member with those of the area, population group, or medical facility where the member may be assigned to the maximum extent possible in order to increase the probability of the member remaining to serve the area, population group, or medical facility upon completion of his or her assignment period.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124665. The director shall, by regulation, specify the salary schedules, other terms and conditions of employment, and reimbursement policies with respect to the employment of corps members that shall be followed by institutions, providers, or programs where a member of the California Health Services Corps is assigned.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124670. Funds expended pursuant to this article may be used for any of the following purposes:
(a)  Expenses of the department in administering the program.
(b)  Salaries and employee benefits for members of the California Health Services Corps.
(c)  Supplies, equipment, minor capital outlay, and minor renovations.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124675. Assignments shall be made by the department without regard to ability of residents in areas to pay.
Any provider or facility where a California Health Services Corps member is assigned, and any corps member, shall be required to seek third party reimbursements, including Medi-Cal and private insurance, for any person served by the corps member. Any such corps member, provider, or facility may be required to provide reports to the department concerning reimbursements and may be required to contribute all or part of the proceeds of reimbursements to the department for deposit in the State Treasury in accordance with regulations or contracts adopted by the department after regulations have been approved by the Director of Finance.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124680. No corps member may refuse needed service to any person because of inability to pay for such service, or refuse service to persons on account of their entitlement to medical benefits under Title XVIII or XIX of the United States Social Security Act.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124685. The director may, upon request, provide technical assistance to groups preparing applications for assignment of corps personnel.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124700. The department shall plan and put into operation a number of health services development projects. The purpose of the projects shall be to demonstrate effective ways of providing health care services in underserved rural health areas. The director shall make the final decision on approval of a project.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124705. Applications may be made for funds for health services development projects and the projects may be initiated and operated by any agency, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a)  A community agency, including a National Health Services Corps site.
(b)  An ongoing rural health program, including migrant health or American Indian health program.
(c)  A family practice education program.
(d)  A county health department.
(e)  The department.
(f)  Any health facility or licensed nonprofit primary care clinic.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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124710. (a)  (1)  It is the intent of the Legislature that funds distributed under this section promote stability for participating clinics, as a part of the state’s health care safety net, and at the same time be distributed in a manner that best promotes access to health care to geographically isolated populations.
(2)  The department shall grant funds, for a minimum of three years per grant, retroactive to funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 2002 (Chapter 379 of the Statutes of 2002), to eligible, private, nonprofit, community-based primary care clinics for the purpose of establishing and maintaining rural health services and development projects as specified under this article. The department may continue to pay any grantee whose grant expired on June 30, 2003, until June 30, 2004, as if the grant had been extended, provided that funds are appropriated for this purpose in the Budget Act of 2003 and the grantee agrees in writing to expend the money as if the grant had been extended.
(b)  In order to be eligible to receive funds under this program, a clinic shall, at a minimum, meet all of the following conditions:
(1)  The clinic shall be licensed under paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1204.
(2)  The clinic shall operate in a “rural” Medical Study Service Area, as defined by the Health Manpower Commission.
(3)  The clinic shall operate in a medically underserved area, including a Health Professional Shortage Area, or serve a medically underserved population, as designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or shall be able to demonstrate that at least 50 percent of its patients are persons with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
(c)  The department shall seek input from stakeholders in designing the methodology for distribution of funds under this section.
(d)  If the funds that are available for purposes of this section for any fiscal year are greater than funds that were available for the prior fiscal year, the department shall establish a base funding level that is applicable to all sites funded in the prior fiscal year. To the extent that funds are available, the base funding level shall not be less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for each site. To implement this section, the department shall not be required to reduce funding for clinics that are above the minimum awards.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 230, Sec. 14. Effective August 11, 2003.)
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124715. The department may assist community agencies to develop grant proposals.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 744, Sec. 6. Effective October 10, 1999. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 744.)