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2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 2 - Hospital Services › Section 16949.

16949. (a) The Legislature recognizes that in the context of hospital services rendered as a result of emergency medical conditions, the application of the supplemental services requirement of Section 30125 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and Section 13 of Chapter 1331 of the Statutes of 1989 includes certain unique considerations, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Hospital emergency room patient loads generally are not controlled by the facility.
(2) The facility is obligated, as a condition of licensure, to take all patients in need of emergency treatment, if it is within the capacity of the facility to do so.
(3) It is the policy of the Legislature to provide less expensive alternative methods of care, rather than continue present patterns of overutilization of emergency facilities.
(b) Hospitals which provide appropriate treatment to patients who present in the emergency department and which do not impose any barriers to patients’ receipt of that treatment shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of Section 30125 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and Section 13 of Chapter 1331 of the Statutes of 1989.
(c) Each county, as part of its plan for distribution of funds under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16946, shall consider the use of those funds to meet emergency room patient needs and followup treatment, including the need for special hospital services.
(d) Any hospital which contracts with a county under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16946 shall report to the county and to the office on any reduction in hospital emergency room specialist capability below the level which was provided at that facility on October 2, 1989.
(e) This section shall not be construed to alter or amend any hospital’s obligation under Sections 1317 to 1317.9a, inclusive, of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 51, Sec. 35.5. Effective April 18, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3 - Physician Services › Section 16950.

16950. (a) Twelve and two-tenths percent, or that portion of the CHIP Account derived from the Physician Services Account in a fiscal year, of each county’s allocation under Section 16941 shall be used for the support of or payment for uncompensated physician services.
(b) Up to 50 percent of the moneys provided pursuant to subdivision (a) may be used by counties to pay for new contracts, with an effective date no earlier than July 1989, with private physicians for provision of emergency, obstetric, and pediatric services in facilities which are not owned or operated by a county, and where access to those services has been severely restricted. The contracts may provide for partial or full reimbursement for physician services provided to patients described in subdivision (f) of Section 16952, and shall be subject to subdivision (d) of Section 16955.
(c) At least 50 percent of the moneys provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be transferred to the county Physician Services Account established in accordance with Section 16952 and administered in accordance with Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 16951).
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 51, Sec. 37. Effective April 18, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3 - Physician Services › Section 16950.1.

16950.1. The twenty-four million nine hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($24,915,000) appropriated by Chapter 1331 of the Statutes of 1989 and the act amending this section in the 1990 portion of the 1989–90 Regular Session of the Legislature, to be allocated to counties for uncompensated physician services shall be allocated to MISP counties in accordance with percentages established in Section 16941. These funds shall be administered in accordance with subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 16950.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 50, Sec. 21. Effective April 18, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16951.

16951. As a condition of receiving funds pursuant to this chapter, each county shall establish an emergency medical services fund as authorized by subdivision (a) of Section 1797.98 of the Health and Safety Code. This section shall not be interpreted to require any county to impose the assessment authorized by Section 1465 of the Penal Code.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1331, Sec. 9. Effective October 2, 1989.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16952.1.

16952.1. (a) Each county that elects to establish a Physicians Services Account in the county emergency medical services fund shall annually, on April 15, report to the Legislature on the implementation and status of the Physicians Services Account. The report shall cover the preceding fiscal year, and shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The total amount of moneys deposited in the Physicians Services Account.
(2) The account balance and the amount of moneys disbursed to physicians and surgeons.
(3) The number of claims paid to physicians, and the percentage of claims paid, based on the uniform fee schedule, as adopted by the county.
(4) The amount of moneys available to be disbursed to physicians, descriptions of the physician claims payment methodologies, the dollar amount of the total allowable claims submitted, and the percentage at which those claims are reimbursed.
(5) A statement of the policies, procedures, and regulatory action taken to implement and run the program under this chapter.
(6) The name of the physician and hospital administrator organization, or names of specified physicians and hospital administrators, contracted to review claims payment methodologies.
(b) Each county shall make available to any member of the public, upon request, the report required under subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 671, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16952.5.

16952.5. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 16952, expenses incurred by Solano County for the development of managed care systems to increase access for indigents to physician emergency services shall be reimbursed subject to the availability of unexpended 1990–91 and 1991–92 fiscal year funds, up to a maximum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000).
(b)  The county shall consult with the local medical society before seeking reimbursement pursuant to this subdivision.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 105, Sec. 1. Effective July 13, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16953.

16953. (a) For purposes of this chapter “emergency services” means physician services in one of the following:
(1) A general acute care hospital which provides basic or comprehensive emergency services for emergency medical conditions.
(2) A site which was approved by a county prior to January 1, 1990, as a paramedic receiving station for the treatment of emergency patients, for emergency medical conditions.
(3) Beginning in the 1991–92 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, in a facility which contracted prior to January 1, 1990, with the National Park Service to provide emergency medical services, for emergency medical conditions.
(4) A standby emergency room in a hospital specified in Section 124840 of the Health and Safety Code, for emergency medical conditions.
(5) A standby emergency room in a hospital in existence on January 1, 2007, located in Los Angeles County that meets all of the following requirements:
(A) The requirements of subdivision (m) of Section 70413 and Sections 70415 and 70417 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
(B) Reported at least 18,000 emergency department patient encounters to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development in 2007 and continues to report at least 18,000 emergency department patient encounters to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development in each year thereafter.
(C) A hospital with a standby emergency department meeting the requirements of this paragraph shall do both of the following:
(i) Annually provide the State Department of Public Health and the local emergency medical services agency with certification that it meets the requirements of subparagraph (A). The department shall confirm the hospital’s compliance with subparagraph (A).
(ii) Annually provide to the State Department of Public Health and the local emergency medical services agency the emergency department patient encounters it reports to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to establish that it meets the requirement of subparagraph (B).
(b) For purposes of this chapter, “emergency medical condition” means a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, which in the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in any of the following:
(1) Placing the patient’s health in serious jeopardy.
(2) Serious impairment to bodily functions.
(3) Serious dysfunction to any bodily organ or part.
(c) It is the intent of this section to allow reimbursement for all inpatient and outpatient services which are necessary for the treatment of an emergency medical condition as certified by the attending physician or other appropriate provider.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 288, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16953.1.

16953.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an emergency physician and surgeon, or an emergency physician group, with a gross billings arrangement with a hospital shall be entitled to receive reimbursement from the physician services account in the county’s emergency medical services fund for services provided in that hospital, if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The services are provided in a basic or comprehensive general acute care hospital emergency department.
(b) The physician and surgeon is not an employee of the hospital.
(c) All provisions of Section 16955 are satisfied, except that payment to the emergency physician and surgeon, or an emergency physician group, by a hospital pursuant to a gross billings arrangement shall not be interpreted to mean that payment for a patient is made by a responsible third party.
(d) Reimbursement from the physician services account in the county’s emergency medical services fund is sought by the hospital or the hospital’s designee, as the billing and collection agent for the emergency physician and surgeon, or an emergency physician group.
(e) For purposes of this section, “gross billings arrangement” means an arrangement whereby a hospital serves as the billing and collection agent for the emergency physician and surgeon, or an emergency physician group, and pays the emergency physician and surgeon, or an emergency physician group, a percentage of the emergency physician and surgeon’s or group’s gross billings for all patients.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 278, Sec. 20. Effective July 30, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16953.2.

16953.2. Nothing in this article shall prevent a physician from utilizing an agent who furnishes billing and collection services to the physician to submit claims or receive payment for claims.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 278, Sec. 21. Effective July 30, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16953.3.

16953.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other restrictions on reimbursement, a county shall adopt a fee schedule to establish a uniform, reasonable level of reimbursement from the Physician Services Account for reimbursable services.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other restrictions on reimbursement, the State Department of Public Health shall adopt a single fee schedule to establish a uniform, reasonable level of reimbursement for use in the physician services reimbursement programs operated by the department pursuant to contract, as provided for in subdivision (c) of Section 16952.
(2) The State Department of Public Health may develop, contract for the development of, or adopt by reference, the fee schedule required by paragraph (1).
(3) Pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 16952, the State Department of Public Health may be reimbursed by the Physician Services Account and the Hospital Services Account based on actual administrative costs to develop or adopt the fee schedule required by paragraph (1), not to exceed 10 percent of the amount of the account.
(4) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department may implement this subdivision by means of provider bulletins, or similar instruction, without taking formal regulatory action.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 483, Sec. 53. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16955.

16955. Reimbursement for losses incurred by any physician shall be limited to services provided to a patient as established by subdivisions (f) and (g) of Section 16952, and where all of the following conditions have been met:
(a) The physician has inquired if there is a responsible third-party source of payment.
(b) The physician has billed for payment of services.
(c) Either of the following:
(1) A period of not less than three months has passed from the date the physician billed the patient or responsible third party, during which time the physician has made reasonable efforts to obtain reimbursement and has not received reimbursement for any portion of the amount billed.
(2) The physician has received actual notification from the patient or responsible third party that no payment will be made for the services rendered by the physician.
(d) The physician has stopped any current, and waives any future, collection efforts to obtain reimbursement from the patient, upon receipt of funds from the county physician services account in the county emergency medical services fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 671, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16955.1.

16955.1. This article shall not be applied or interpreted so as to prevent a physician from seeking payment from a patient or responsible third-party payor, or arranging a repayment schedule for the costs of services rendered prior to receiving payment under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 51, Sec. 42. Effective April 18, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16956.

16956. (a) The administering agency shall establish procedures and time schedules for submission and processing of reimbursement claims submitted by physicians in accordance with this chapter.
(b) Schedules for payment established in accordance with this section shall provide for disbursement of the funds available in the account periodically and at least quarterly, if funds remain available for disbursement, to all physicians who have submitted claims containing accurate and complete data for payment by the dates established by the administering agency.
(c) Claims which are not supported by records may be denied by the administering agency, and any reimbursement paid in accordance with this chapter to any physician which is not supported by records shall be repaid to the administering agency, and shall be a claim against the physician.
(d) Any physician who submits any claim for reimbursement under this chapter which is inaccurate or which is not supported by records may be excluded from reimbursement of future claims under this chapter.
(e) A listing of patient names shall accompany a physician’s claim, and those names shall be given full confidentiality protections by the administering agency.
(f) The administering agency shall not give preferential treatment to any facility, physician, or category of physician and shall not engage in practices that constitute a conflict of interest by favoring a facility or physician with which the administering officer has an operational or financial relationship.
(g) Payments shall be made only for emergency medical services provided on the calendar day on which emergency medical services are first provided and on the immediately following two calendar days.
(h) Notwithstanding subdivision (g), if it is necessary to transfer the patient to a second facility that provides for a higher level of care for the treatment of the emergency condition, reimbursement shall be available for services provided to the facility to which the patient was transferred on the calendar day of transfer and on the immediately following two calendar days.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 671, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16956.5.

16956.5. (a) The administering agency may establish an EMS Fund advisory committee. The committee shall include emergency physicians and emergency department oncall backup panel physicians. The committee shall advise the administering agency regarding distribution of funds pursuant to this section.
(b) If the administering agency establishes a committee pursuant to subdivision (a) and the committee, upon an affirmative vote by every member of the committee, recommends that the administering agency adopt a special fee schedule and claims submission criteria for reimbursement for services rendered to uninsured trauma patients, the administering agency may adopt the special fee schedule and claims submission criteria.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in addition to reimbursement for trauma service rendered in the initial day and the following two calendar days, the administering agency may reimburse pursuant to this section for services rendered to uninsured trauma patients beyond the calendar day on which emergency medical services are first provided and the immediately following two calendar days.
(d) Only up to 15 percent of the tobacco tax revenues allocated to the county’s EMS Fund may be distributed through this special fee schedule.
(e) All providers who render services to uninsured trauma patients may submit claims for reimbursement under this section. No provider’s claim shall be initially reimbursed pursuant to this section at greater than 50 percent of losses.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 671, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16957.

16957. Any physician who submits any claim in accordance with this chapter shall keep and maintain records of the services rendered, the person to whom services were rendered, and any additional information the administering agency may require, for a period of three years after the services were provided.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1331, Sec. 9. Effective October 2, 1989.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16958.

16958. If, after receiving payment from the account, a physician is reimbursed by a patient or a responsible third-party, the physician shall do one of the following:
(a) Notify the administering agency and the administering agency shall reduce the physician’s future payment of claims from the account . In the event there is not a subsequent submission of a claim for reimbursement within one year, the physician shall reimburse the account in an amount equal to the amount collected from the patient or third-party payor, but not more than the amount of reimbursement received from the account.
(b) Notify the administering agency of the payment and reimburse the account in an amount equal to the amount collected from the patient or third-party payor, but not more than the amount of the reimbursement received from the account for that patient’s care.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 51, Sec. 43. Effective April 18, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 3.5 - Physician Services Account › Section 16959.

16959. The moneys contained in a Physician Services Account within an Emergency Medical Services Fund shall not be subject to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797.98a) of Division 2.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1169, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 4 - Other County Health Services › Section 16960.

16960. (a) Twenty-eight and three-tenths percent, or that percentage of the program account deriving from the Unallocated Account of the fund in a fiscal year of each MISP county’s allocation under Section 16941, shall be expended consistent with Article 2 (commencing with Section 30121) of Chapter 2 of Part 13 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, at county discretion, to maintain and enhance health care services provided on or after July 1, 1989, for patients who cannot pay for those services which will not be covered by private insurance or by a program funded in whole or in part by the federal government. In those MISP counties where city public health departments exist, the county shall give consideration to those agencies in the use of funds received pursuant to this section.
(b) Counties may expend up to 5 percent or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), whichever is greater, of the funds received pursuant to this section for costs related to the purchase of equipment and fixed assets. However, no single expenditure may exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 51, Sec. 44. Effective April 18, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 4 - Other County Health Services › Section 16961.

16961. Services provided pursuant to this article include only those health care services specified in Sections 14021 and 14132, and former Division 1 (commencing with Section 100), and the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 27, of the Health and Safety Code, which are provided to patients who cannot afford to pay for those services, and for whom payment will not be made through private coverage or by any program funded in whole or in part by the federal government.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 495. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 5 - Child Health and Disability Prevention › Section 16970.

16970. (a) As a condition of receiving funds under this chapter, a county shall provide, or arrange and pay for, medically necessary followup treatment, including necessary followup dental treatment and prescription drugs, for any condition detected as part of a child health and disability prevention screen for any child eligible for services under Section 104395 of the Health and Safety Code if the child was screened by the county or upon referral by a child health and disability prevention program provider, unless the child is eligible to receive care with no share of cost under the Medi-Cal program or is covered under another publicly funded program, or the services are payable under private insurance coverage.
(b) A county may require that hospitals, physicians, dentists, and other providers receiving funds appropriated pursuant to this part participate in complying with this section, provided that:
(1) Hospitals that receive an allocation pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 16946 and physicians who receive payment from the Physician Services Account of the emergency medical services fund established pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 16951) shall not be required to participate in complying with subdivision (a) as a condition of receiving those allocations or payments.
(2) Only providers that contract with the county and receive funds disbursed from the Unallocated Account pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 16960) or from the discretionary portion of the Physician Services Account pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 16950, or from the discretionary portion of the Hospital Services Account pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16946 may be required to participate in complying with subdivision (a).
(c) Dental services provided pursuant to this section shall be at least equal in scope and frequency to dental services available to Medi-Cal eligible children of the same age.
(d) Counties shall implement this section in consultation and coordination with their child health disability prevention programs.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 496. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 6 - County Application › Section 16980.

16980. (a) The department shall make initial monthly payments of county allocations made pursuant to Section 16941 upon application of the county assuring that it will comply with the provisions of this part. Payments shall be made on a monthly basis. Payments made beyond February 15 of each fiscal year, shall be contingent upon the signing of an agreement between the county board of supervisors and the department.
(b) (1) Each county shall submit a report of expenditures and other information to the department according to procedures established by the department. The department shall review the report submitted pursuant to this paragraph and recoup unspent moneys, or any expenditures that are not in compliance with this chapter or the requirements established pursuant to Section 16990.
(2) Beginning with the 1990–91 fiscal year, each county shall include an estimate of, and the costs and funding arrangement for, dental services in its information submitted pursuant to paragraph (1).
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 195, Sec. 48. Effective July 12, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 6 - County Application › Section 16981.

16981. (a) The department shall conduct fiscal and program reviews to ensure county compliance with the provisions of this part, and shall report annually the results of these reviews to the Legislature. The department may withhold funds, up to the total amount of funds allocated under this chapter, if a county fails to correct deficiencies in the program after receiving written notice of noncompliance from the department.
(b) The department shall recoup funds which were provided pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16930) if they were not encumbered or expended according to the requirements of this chapter or Chapter 4 respectively within the fiscal year according to procedures and reports required by the department. The funds shall revert to the CHIP Account or Rural Health Services Account respectively.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 195, Sec. 49. Effective July 12, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 7 - Financial Maintenance of Effort › Section 16990.1.

16990.1. Notwithstanding the first sentence of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 16990, for the purposes of determining the level of financial support in the 1996–97 fiscal year, the amounts specified in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 16990 shall be added to 50 percent of the amounts specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 199, Sec. 17. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 7 - Financial Maintenance of Effort › Section 16990.9.

16990.9. The level of financial maintenance of effort required of a county that contracts with the department pursuant to Section 101300 of the Health and Safety Code during the 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, and subsequent fiscal years may be reduced by the amount of local public health service funds retained by the county for that fiscal year that are unexpended as a result of vacant contracted positions.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 497. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 10 - Eligibility and Benefit Requirements › Section 16995.

16995. Funds received by a county pursuant to this chapter shall not be used to support health services provided to persons detained in a county or city jail or other correctional facility.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 719, Sec. 11. Effective September 15, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 5 - California Healthcare for Indigents Program › ARTICLE 10 - Eligibility and Benefit Requirements › Section 16995.1.

16995.1. Receipt of funding pursuant to this chapter shall not relieve a county of its obligation to provide indigent health care as required by Section 17000.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1331, Sec. 9. Effective October 2, 1989.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 6 - Children s Hospitals › Section 16996.

16996. For purposes of this chapter, “children’s hospital” means the following facilities:
(a) Valley Children’s Hospital, Fresno.
(b) Earl and Loraine Miller Children’s Hospital and Medical Center of the Memorial Hospital of Long Beach, Long Beach.
(c) Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
(d) Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Northern California, Oakland.
(e) Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange.
(f) Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto.
(g) Children’s Hospital and Health Center, San Diego.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 141, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 6 - Children s Hospitals › Section 16996.1.

16996.1. Funds appropriated to the department for the purposes of this chapter shall be distributed as follows:
(a) The department shall compute the annual amount of financial assistance available to each eligible children’s hospital based upon the ratio of each hospital’s uncompensated care costs to the total uncompensated care costs of all children’s hospitals in the state.
(b) The department shall enter into a contract with each children’s hospital receiving funding pursuant to this section and may make quarterly payments provided that the hospital has complied with subdivision (a) of Section 16996.2.
(c) Each children’s hospital shall, as a condition of receiving financial assistance under this section, submit reports to the department, as required by the department, describing its use of funds received pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 50, Sec. 29. Effective April 18, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 4.7 - HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 6 - Children s Hospitals › Section 16996.2.

16996.2. (a) As a condition of receiving funds under Section 16996.1, a hospital shall provide medically necessary inpatient treatment, including prescription drugs, for any condition detected as part of a child health and disability prevention screen for any child eligible for services under Section 104395 of the Health and Safety Code. Inpatient hospital services shall be provided at no cost upon referral by a child health and disability prevention program provider, whether that provider is a physician, a county, or a primary care clinic, unless the child is eligible to receive care with no share of cost under the Medi-Cal program, is covered under another publicly funded program, or the services are payable under private insurance coverage.
(b) The department shall report to the Legislature on the distribution and use of funds provided to hospitals under Section 16996.1 on an annual basis.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 498. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17000.

17000. Every county and every city and county shall relieve and support all incompetent, poor, indigent persons, and those incapacitated by age, disease, or accident, lawfully resident therein, when such persons are not supported and relieved by their relatives or friends, by their own means, or by state hospitals or other state or private institutions.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17000.5.

17000.5. (a) The board of supervisors in any county may adopt a general assistance standard of aid, including the value of in-kind aid which includes, but is not limited to, the monthly actuarial value of up to forty dollars ($40) per month of medical care, that is 62 percent of a guideline that is equal to the 1991 federal official poverty line and may annually adjust that guideline in an amount equal to any adjustment provided under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 for establishing a maximum aid level in the county. This subdivision is not intended to either limit or expand the extent of the duty of counties to provide health care.
(b) The adoption of a standard of aid pursuant to this section shall constitute a sufficient standard of aid.
(c) For purposes of this section, “federal official poverty line” means the same as it is defined in subsection (2) of Section 9902 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(d) For purposes of this section, “any adjustment” includes, and, prior to the addition of this subdivision, included statutory increases, decreases, or reductions in the maximum aid level in the county under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3.
(e) In the event that adjustments pursuant to Section 11450.02 are not made, the amounts established pursuant to subdivision (a) may be adjusted to reflect the relative cost of housing in various counties as follows:
(1) Reduced by 1.5 percent in the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, and Ventura.
(2) Reduced by 3 percent in the Counties of San Luis Obispo, Nevada, Sierra, Monterey, Napa, Solano, Riverside, San Bernardino, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Kern, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne.
(3) Reduced by 4.5 percent in the Counties of Stanislaus, Imperial, El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo, Humboldt, San Benito, Del Norte, Fresno, Lake, Mendocino, Shasta, Trinity, Butte, Merced, Tulare, San Joaquin, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama, Kings, Madera, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, and Yuba.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 6, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17000.51.

17000.51. (a) Notwithstanding the decision in Caulk v. Superior Court, CO15355, June 27, 1997, a county’s discretion granted pursuant to Section 17000.5 to include, as part of a general assistance aid grant, in-kind aid with a monthly actuarial value of up to forty dollars ($40) per month of medical care, was not intended, and shall not be construed, to do any of the following:
(1) Satisfy, in whole or in part, the duty of a county or a city or county to provide health care services to indigent and dependent poor persons under Section 17000.
(2) Permit a county or a city and county to cease providing health care services under Section 17000.
(3) Affect the eligibility of indigent and dependent poor persons for health care services under Section 17000.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall cease to be implemented if, and only to the extent that, a final court decision holds that subdivision (a) imposes a state-mandated local program.
(c) Subdivision (a) confirms, and is declarative of, rather than a change in, existing law, as provided for in Chapter 6 of the Statutes of 1996, which was intended only to provide a county or city and county with the discretion to reduce its general assistance grant level by up to forty dollars ($40) per month.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 294, Sec. 84. Effective August 18, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17001.

17001. The board of supervisors of each county, or the agency authorized by county charter, shall adopt standards of aid and care for the indigent and dependent poor of the county or city and county.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 371.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17001.51.

17001.51. (a) A county may require adult applicants and recipients of benefits under the general assistance program to undergo screening for substance abuse when it is determined by the county that there is reasonable suspicion to believe that an individual is dependent upon illegal drugs or alcohol. The county shall maintain documentation of this finding.
(b) A county may require as a condition of aid reasonable participation in substance abuse or alcohol treatment programs for persons screened pursuant to subdivision (a) and professionally evaluated to be in need of treatment, if the services are actually available at no charge to the applicant or recipient.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 6, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17001.6.

17001.6. (a) To the extent not inconsistent with federal law, a county may require the legal sponsor of a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States general assistance recipient to sign a written agreement to repay any aid provided to the person during the period of time during which the sponsor has agreed, in writing, to provide for the person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
(b) Upon request of the board of supervisors, the district attorney or any other civil legal officer may maintain an action against the legal sponsor of a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States to recover, for the county, the aid provided the person during the period described in subdivision (a) and to secure an order requiring payment of any sums that may become due in the future.
(c) For purposes of enforcing this section, a county may seek and employ all remedies otherwise authorized by this part.
(d) This section shall not be construed to authorize a county to penalize a recipient of general assistance, or to otherwise deny, curtail, or modify the general assistance provided a recipient unless otherwise provided in the county general assistance program standards and requirements.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 79. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17001.8.

17001.8. (a) In adopting standards of aid for general assistance for the indigent and dependent poor of the county or city and county, the board of supervisors or the agency authorized by the county charter may determine, with regard to any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States whose entry into the United States has been sponsored by an individual who, or an organization which, executed an affidavit of support or similar agreement with respect to the person and who has become ineligible for assistance pursuant to Section 11008.135, that the person who is not a citizen or national of the United States is ineligible for aid for a period of five years after the person’s entry into the United States, unless (1) the person is a minor and the sponsor, or the sponsor’s spouse, is the parent of the person’s child or (2) the sponsoring person dies or the sponsoring organization ceases to exist.
(b) This section shall not apply with respect to any person who is not a citizen or a national of the United States who is:
(1) Admitted to the United States as a result of the application, prior to April 1, 1980, of the provisions of Section 1153 (c) of Title 8 of the United States Code.
(2) Admitted to the United States as a result of the application, after March 31, 1980, of Section 1157(c) of Title 8 of the United States Code.
(3) Paroled into the United States under Section 1182(d)(5) of Title 8 of the United States Code.
(4) Granted political asylum by the United States Attorney General under Section 1158 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
(5) A Cuban or Haitian entrant, as defined in Section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422).
(c) This section shall become operative on the effective date of federal law that prohibits providing assistance to sponsored persons who are not citizens or nationals of the United States and shall remain operative only as long as that federal law remains in effect. The Director of Social Services shall determine the operative dates of this section pursuant to this subdivision and shall execute a declaration, that shall be retained by the director, that sets forth the operative date or termination date.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 81. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022. Section operative on date prescribed by its own provisions. Conditionally inoperative as provided in subd. (c).)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17002.

17002. The boards of supervisors may establish almshouses and county farms, prescribe rules and regulations for their government and management, and appoint the necessary officers and employees thereof, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17003.

17003. Every county may give such emergency relief to dependent nonresidents as the respective boards of supervisors deem necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17004.

17004. If no other funds are available for the purpose, a county may incur all necessary expenses in transporting a nonresident indigent to another state or county, when information at hand reasonably tends to show that the person has a legal residence in such state or county.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 5 - COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 17005.

17005. If a dispute occurs between counties as to the responsibility for an indigent, either county may submit the dispute to the department. The decision of the department thereon shall be final.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)