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2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14700.

14700. (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to transfer to the State Department of Health Care Services, no later than July 1, 2012, the state administration of Medi-Cal specialty mental health managed care, the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program, and applicable functions related to federal Medicaid requirements, from the State Department of Mental Health.
(2) It is further the intent of the Legislature for this transfer to occur in an efficient and effective manner, with no unintended interruptions in service delivery to clients and families. This transfer is intended to do all of the following:
(A) Improve access to culturally appropriate community-based mental health services, including a focus on client recovery, social rehabilitation services, and peer support.
(B) Effectively integrate the financing of services, including the receipt of federal funds, to more effectively provide services.
(C) Improve state accountabilities and outcomes.
(D) Provide focused, high-level leadership for behavioral health services within the state administrative structure.
(b) Effective July 1, 2012, the state administrative functions for the operation of Medi-Cal specialty mental health managed care, the EPSDT Program, and applicable functions related to federal Medicaid requirements, that were performed by the State Department of Mental Health shall be transferred to the State Department of Health Care Services. This state administrative transfer shall conform to a state administrative transition plan provided to the fiscal and applicable policy committees of the Legislature as soon as feasible, but no later than October 1, 2011. This state administrative transition plan may also be updated by the Governor and provided to all fiscal and applicable policy committees of the Legislature upon its completion, but no later than May 15, 2012.
(c) All regulations and orders concerning Medi-Cal specialty mental health managed care and the EPSDT Program shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until readopted, amended, or repealed by the State Department of Health Care Services, or until they expire by their own terms.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 29, Sec. 20. (AB 102) Effective June 29, 2011. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14702.

14702. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Department” means the State Department of Health Care Services.
(b) “Director” means the Director of Health Care Services.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 245. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14703.

14703. Contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the requirements of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) and Chapter 2 (commencing with section 10290) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 246. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14704.

14704. A regulation or order concerning Medi-Cal specialty mental health services adopted by the State Department of Mental Health pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 5000), as in effect preceding the effective date of this section, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable, unless and until the readoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation or order by the department, or until it expires by its own terms.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 247. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14705.

14705. (a) (1) This section shall apply to specialty mental health services provided by counties to Medi-Cal eligible individuals. Counties shall provide services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and seek the maximum federal reimbursement possible for services rendered to persons with mental illnesses.
(2) To the extent permitted under federal law and Section 5892, funds distributed to the counties from the Mental Health Subaccount, the Mental Health Equity Subaccount, and the Vehicle License Collection Account of the Local Revenue Fund, funds from the Mental Health Account and the Behavioral Health Subaccount of the Local Revenue Fund 2011, funds from the Mental Health Services Fund, and any other funds from which the Controller makes distributions to the counties may be used to pay for services provided by these funds that the counties can then certify as public expenditures in order to achieve the maximum federal reimbursement possible for services pursuant to this chapter.
(3) The standards and guidelines for the administration of specialty mental health services to Medi-Cal eligible persons shall be consistent with federal Medicaid requirements, as specified in the approved Medicaid state plan and waivers to ensure full and timely federal reimbursement to counties for services that are rendered and claimed consistent with federal Medicaid requirements.
(b) With regard to each person receiving specialty mental health services from a mental health plan, the mental health plan shall verify whether the person is Medi-Cal eligible and, if determined to be Medi-Cal eligible, the person shall be referred when appropriate to a facility, clinic, or program that is certified for Medi-Cal reimbursement.
(c) With regard to county operated facilities, clinics, or programs for which claims are submitted to the department for Medi-Cal reimbursement for specialty mental health services to Medi-Cal eligible individuals, the county shall ensure that all requirements necessary for Medi-Cal reimbursement for these services are complied with, including, but not limited to, utilization review and the submission of yearend cost reports by December 31 following the close of the fiscal year.
(d) Counties shall certify to the state that they have incurred public expenditures prior to requesting the reimbursement of federal funds.
(e) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2012.
(Added by renumbering Section 5718 (as added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 651, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 152. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Section operative July 1, 2012, by its own provisions. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14705.5.

14705.5. Each public or private facility or agency providing local specialty mental health services pursuant to a county performance contract plan shall make a written certification within 30 days after a patient is admitted to the facility as a patient or first given services by such a facility or agency, to the local mental health director of the county, stating whether or not each of these patients is presumed to be eligible for specialty mental health services under the Medi-Cal program.
(Added by renumbering Section 5719 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 153. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 254 of Ch. 34. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14705.7.

14705.7. Mental health plans may contract with providers on a negotiated net amount basis in the same manner as set forth in Section 5705. Negotiated net amounts or rates shall not be in contracts between the state and mental health plans for specialty mental health services. Reimbursement to mental health plans that have certified public expenditures shall be consistent with federal Medicaid requirements for calculating upper payment limits, as specified in the approved Medicaid state plan and waivers.
(Added by renumbering Section 5716 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 150. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14706.

14706. (a) The department shall have responsibility for conducting investigations and audits of claims and reimbursements for expenditures for specialty mental health services provided by mental health plans to Medi-Cal eligible individuals.
(b) The amount of the payment or repayment of federal funds in accordance with audit findings pertaining to Medi-Cal specialty mental health services shall be determined by the department pursuant to the existing administrative appeals process of the department.
(Added by renumbering Section 5722 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 157. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 254 of Ch. 34. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14707.

14707. (a) In the case of federal audit exceptions, the department shall follow federal audit appeal processes unless the department, in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, determines that those appeals are not cost beneficial.
(b) Whenever there is a final federal audit exception against the state resulting from expenditure of federal funds by individual counties, the department may offset federal reimbursement and request the Controller’s office to offset the distribution of funds to the counties from the Mental Health Subaccount, the Mental Health Equity Subaccount, and the Vehicle License Collection Account of the Local Revenue Fund, funds from the Mental Health Account and the Behavioral Health Subaccount of the Local Revenue Fund 2011, and any other mental health realignment funds from which the Controller makes distributions to the counties by the amount of the exception. The department shall provide evidence to the Controller that the county has been notified of the amount of the audit exception no less than 30 days before the offset is to occur. The department shall involve the appropriate counties in developing responses to any draft federal audit reports that directly impact the county.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 455, Sec. 56. (SB 804) Effective January 1, 2016. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14708.

14708. (a) For purposes of federal reimbursement to counties that have certified to the state that they have incurred certified public expenditures, the reimbursement amounts shall be consistent with federal Medicaid requirements for calculating federal upper payment limits, as specified in the approved Medicaid state plan and waivers.
(b) If the reimbursement methodology utilizes federal upper payment limits and the total cost of services exceeds the state maximum rates in effect for the 2011–12 fiscal year, a county may use certified public expenditures to claim the costs of services that exceed the state maximum rates, up to the federal upper payment limits. If a county chooses to claim costs that exceed the state maximum rates with certified public expenditures, the county shall use only local funds, and not state funds, to claim the portion of the costs over the state maximum rates. As a condition of receiving reimbursement up to the federal upper payment limits, a county shall enter into and maintain an agreement with the department implementing this subdivision.
(c) Notwithstanding this section, in the event that a health facility has entered into a negotiated rate agreement pursuant to Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 14081) of Chapter 7 of Part 4 of Division 9, the facility’s rates shall be governed by that agreement.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2012.
(Added by renumbering Section 5720 (as added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 651, Sec. 4) by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 155. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Section operative July 1, 2012, by its own provisions. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14709.

14709. The provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 14000 shall not be construed to prevent providers of specialty mental health services pursuant to this chapter from also being providers of medical assistance mental health services for the purposes of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000). Clinics providing Medi-Cal specialty mental health services pursuant to this chapter shall be required to be certified as a condition to reimbursement for providing those medical assistance mental health services.
(Added by renumbering Section 5723 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 158. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 254 of Ch. 34. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14710.

14710. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in determining the amounts which may be paid, fees paid by persons receiving services or fees paid on behalf of persons receiving services by the federal government, by the Medi-Cal program set forth in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000), and by other public or private sources, shall be deducted from the costs of providing services. However, a mental health plan may negotiate a contract that permits a specialty mental health care provider to retain unanticipated funds above the budgeted contract amount, provided that the unanticipated revenues are utilized for the specialty mental health services specified in the contract. If a provider is permitted by contract to retain unanticipated revenues above the budgeted amount, the specialty mental health provider shall specify the services funded by those revenues in the yearend cost report submitted to the mental health plan. A mental health plan shall not permit the retention of any fees paid by private resources on behalf of Medi-Cal beneficiaries without having those fees deducted from the costs of providing services. Whenever feasible, persons with mental illness who are eligible for specialty mental health services under the Medi-Cal program shall be treated in a facility approved for reimbursement in that program. General unrestricted or undesignated private charitable donations and contributions made to charitable or nonprofit organizations shall not be considered as “fees paid by persons” or “fees paid on behalf of persons receiving services” under this section and the contributions shall not be applied in determining the amounts to be paid. These unrestricted contributions shall not be used in part or in whole to defray the costs or the allocated costs of the Medi-Cal program.
(Added by renumbering Section 5721 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 156. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 254 of Ch. 34. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14711.

14711. (a) The department shall develop, in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, a reimbursement methodology for use in the Medi-Cal claims processing and interim payment system that maximizes federal funding and utilizes, as much as practicable, federal Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement principles. The department shall work with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the development of the methodology required by this section.
(b) Reimbursement amounts developed through the methodology required by this section shall be consistent with federal Medicaid requirements and the approved Medicaid state plan and waivers.
(c) Administrative costs shall be claimed separately in a manner consistent with federal Medicaid requirements and the approved Medicaid state plan and waivers and shall be limited to 15 percent of the total actual cost of direct client services.
(d) The cost of performing quality assurance and utilization review activities shall be reimbursed separately and shall not be included in administrative cost.
(e) The reimbursement methodology established pursuant to this section shall be based upon certified public expenditures, which encourage economy and efficiency in service delivery.
(f) The reimbursement amounts established for direct client services pursuant to this section shall be based on increments of time for all noninpatient services.
(g) The reimbursement methodology shall not be implemented until it has received any necessary federal approvals.
(h) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2012.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 455, Sec. 57. (SB 804) Effective January 1, 2016. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14712.

14712. (a) Notwithstanding any other state law, the department shall implement managed mental health care for Medi-Cal beneficiaries through contracts with mental health plans. Mental health plans may include individual counties, counties acting jointly, or an organization or nongovernmental entity determined by the department to meet mental health plan standards. A contract may be exclusive and may be awarded on a geographic basis.
(b) Two or more counties acting jointly may agree to deliver or subcontract for the delivery of specialty mental health services subject to the approval by the department. The agreement may encompass all or any portion of the specialty mental health services provided pursuant to this chapter. This agreement shall not relieve the individual counties of fiscal responsibility for providing these services. Any agreement between counties shall delineate each county’s responsibilities and fiscal liability for overpayments.
(c) (1) The department shall contract with a county or counties acting jointly for the delivery of specialty mental health services to each county’s eligible Medi-Cal beneficiary population. If a county decides not to contract with the department, does not renew its contract, or is unable to meet the standards set by the department, the county shall inform the department of this decision in writing.
(2) If the county is unwilling to contract for the delivery of specialty mental health services, the department shall ensure that specialty mental health services are provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
(3) If the department or county determines that the county is unable to adequately provide specialty mental health services, or that the county does not meet the standards of a mental health plan, the department shall ensure that specialty mental health services are provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
(4) The department may contract with qualifying individual counties, counties acting jointly, or other qualified entities approved by the department for the delivery of specialty mental health services in any county that is unable or unwilling to contract with the department. The county may not subsequently contract to provide specialty mental health services under this chapter unless the department elects to contract with the county.
(d) If a county does not contract with the department or other department-approved entity to provide specialty mental health services, the department shall work with the Department of Finance and the Controller to sequester funds from the county that is unable or unwilling to contract in accordance with Section 30027.10 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 465, Sec. 11. (AB 1642) Effective January 1, 2020. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14713.

14713. (a) The department and mental health plans shall comply with all applicable federal laws, regulations, and the guidelines, standards, and requirements specified in the state plan, waiver, and mental health plan contract, and, except as provided in this chapter, all applicable state statutes and regulations.
(b) If the department determines that a mental health plan has failed to comply with the requirements of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000), Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200), Chapter 8.8 (commencing with Section 14600), or this chapter, the department may impose sanctions and plans of correction pursuant to Section 14197.7.
(c) If federal requirements that affect this chapter are changed, it is the intent of the Legislature that state requirements be revised to comply with those changes.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 465, Sec. 12. (AB 1642) Effective January 1, 2020. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14715.

14715. (a) (1) The department shall require any mental health plan that provides Medi-Cal specialty mental health services to enter into a memorandum of understanding with any Medi-Cal managed care plan that provides Medi-Cal health services to some of the same Medi-Cal recipients served by the mental health plan. The memorandum of understanding shall comply with applicable regulations.
(2) For purposes of this section, a “Medi-Cal managed care plan” means any prepaid health plan or Medi-Cal managed care plan contracting with the department to provide services to enrolled Medi-Cal beneficiaries under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) or Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200), or Part 4 (commencing with Section 101525) of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) The department shall require the memorandum of understanding to include both of the following:
(1) A process or entity to be designated by the local mental health plan to receive notice of actions, denials, or deferrals from the Medi-Cal managed care plan, and to provide any additional information requested in the deferral notice as necessary for a medical necessity determination.
(2) A requirement that the local mental health plan respond by the close of the business day following the day the deferral notice is received.
(c) This section shall apply to any contracts entered into, amended, modified, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2001.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 465, Sec. 13. (AB 1642) Effective January 1, 2020. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14716.

14716. (a) Each local mental health plan shall establish a procedure to ensure access to outpatient specialty mental health services, as required by the Early Periodic Screening and Diagnostic Treatment program standards, for any child in foster care who has been placed outside his or her county of adjudication.
(b) The procedure required by subdivision (a) may be established through one or more of the following:
(1) The establishment of, and federal approval, if required, of, a statewide system or procedure.
(2) An arrangement between local mental health plans for reimbursement for services provided by a mental health plan other than the mental health plan in the county of adjudication and designation of an entity to provide additional information needed for approval or reimbursement. This arrangement shall not require providers who are already credentialed or certified by the mental health plan in the beneficiary’s county of residence to be credentialed or certified by, or to contract with, the mental health plan in the county of adjudication.
(3) Arrangements between the mental health plan in the county of adjudication and mental health providers in the beneficiary’s county of residence for authorization of, and reimbursement for, services. This arrangement shall not require providers credentialed or certified by, and in good standing with, the mental health plan in the beneficiary’s county of residence to be credentialed or certified by the mental health plan in the county of adjudication.
(c) The department shall collect and keep statistics that will enable the department to compare access to outpatient specialty mental health services by foster children placed in their county of adjudication with access to outpatient specialty mental health services by foster children placed outside of their county of adjudication.
(Added by renumbering Section 5777.6 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 177. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 254 of Ch. 34. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14717.25.

14717.25. (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “foster child” or “foster children” means a Medi-Cal eligible child or children younger than 21 years of age who have been placed into foster care by a county child welfare agency or a county probation department.
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature to support timely payment to the provider for services to help ensure foster children placed out of county receive the care and treatment that they need.
(b) If a foster child who needs to receive, or who is already receiving, specialty mental health services is placed out of county in a group home, community treatment facility, children’s crisis residential program, or short-term residential therapeutic program, and responsibility for providing and arranging for the child’s specialty mental health services is not transferred, in accordance with Sections 14717.1 and 14717.2, the mental health plan in the county of original jurisdiction and the specialty mental health services provider may choose one of the following options in order to ensure timely payment for specialty mental health services provided to the foster child:
(1) Utilize an existing contract between the mental health plan in the county of original jurisdiction and the specialty mental health services provider for payment of services within a mutually agreed upon timeframe.
(2) Establish a contract for payment of specialty mental health services for a foster child or multiple foster children for payment of services within a mutually agreed upon timeframe.
(c) (1) If neither of the options described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (b) is available, and if the responsibility for arranging and providing specialty mental health services was not transferred, in accordance with Sections 14717.1 and 14717.2, payment for the specialty mental health services shall be made by the mental health plan in the county of original jurisdiction or through an agreement between the mental health plan in the county of residence and the mental health plan in the county of original jurisdiction.
(2) The mental health plan in the county of original jurisdiction and the mental health plan in the county of residence shall enter into the agreement for payment of services within 30 days of notice, by either the placing agency or the placement provider, of the out-of-county placement.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 402, Sec. 4. (AB 1051) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14717.26.

14717.26. (a) For purposes of this section, “foster children” means Medi-Cal eligible children younger than 21 years of age who have been placed into foster care by a county child welfare agency or a county probation department.
(b) The department and the State Department of Social Services shall collect data on the receipt of specialty mental health services by foster children who are placed outside of their county of original jurisdiction. These data shall be included in the department’s Medi-Cal specialty mental health services performance dashboard, in compliance with all applicable state and federal privacy and confidentiality laws, and shall contain all of the following statewide information:
(1) The number of foster children placed out of county.
(2) The number of foster children placed out of county who receive specialty mental health services.
(3) For foster children placed out of county who receive specialty mental health services, the number of foster children for whom the county of original jurisdiction is responsible for providing or arranging for those services, and the number of foster children for whom the county of residence is responsible for that provision or arrangement.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 402, Sec. 5. (AB 1051) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14718.5.

14718.5. Notwithstanding any other law, including subdivision (b) of Section 16310 of the Government Code, the Controller may use the moneys in the Mental Health Managed Care Deposit Fund for loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code. Interest shall be paid on all moneys loaned to the General Fund from the Mental Health Managed Care Deposit Fund. Interest payable shall be computed at a rate determined by the Pooled Money Investment Board to be the current earning rate of the fund from which loaned. This subdivision does not authorize any transfer that will interfere with the carrying out of the object for which the Mental Health Managed Care Deposit Fund was created.
(Added by renumbering Section 5778.3 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 180. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14721.

14721. (a) This chapter shall only be implemented to the extent that the necessary federal waivers are obtained. The director shall execute a declaration, to be retained by the director, that a waiver necessary to implement any provision of this chapter has been obtained.
(b) This chapter shall become inoperative on the date that, and only if, the director executes a declaration, to be retained by the director, that more than 10 percent of all counties fail to become mental health plan contractors, and acceptable alternative contractors are not available, or if more than 10 percent of all funds allocated for Medi-Cal mental health services must be administered by the department because an acceptable plan is not available.
(Added by renumbering Section 5780 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 182. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 254 of Ch. 34. Note: Termination clause applies to Chapter 8.9, comprising Sections 14700 to 14726.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14722.

14722. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a mental health plan may enter into a contract for the provision of specialty mental health services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with a hospital that provides for a per diem reimbursement rate for services that include room and board, routine hospital services, and all hospital-based ancillary services and that provides separately for the attending mental health professional’s daily visit fee. The payment of these negotiated reimbursement rates to the hospital by the mental health plan shall be considered payment in full for each day of inpatient psychiatric and hospital care rendered to a Medi-Cal beneficiary, subject to third-party liability and patient share of costs, if any.
(b) This section shall not be construed to allow a hospital to interfere with, control, or otherwise direct the professional judgment of a physician and surgeon in a manner prohibited by Section 2400 of the Business and Professions Code or any other provision of law.
(c) For purposes of this section, “hospital” means a hospital that submits reimbursement claims for Medi-Cal psychiatric inpatient hospital services through the Medi-Cal fiscal intermediary.
(Added by renumbering Section 5781 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 183. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 254 of Ch. 34. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14725.

14725. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall develop a quality assurance program to govern the delivery of Medi-Cal specialty mental health services, in order to ensure quality patient care based on community standards of practice.
(b) The department shall issue standards and guidelines for local quality assurance activities. These standards and guidelines shall be reviewed and revised in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, as well as other stakeholders from the mental health community, including, but not limited to, individuals who receive services, family members, providers, mental health advocacy groups, and other interested parties. The standards and guidelines shall be based on federal Medicaid requirements.
(c) The standards and guidelines developed by the department shall reflect the special problems that small rural counties have in undertaking comprehensive quality assurance systems.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 455, Sec. 60. (SB 804) Effective January 1, 2016. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 8.9 - Transition of Community-Based Medi-Cal Mental Health › Section 14726.

14726. The department shall approve each local program’s initial quality assurance plan, and shall thereafter review and approve each program’s Medi-Cal specialty mental health services quality assurance plan whenever the plan is amended or changed.
(Added by renumbering Section 4071 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 58. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 254 of Ch. 34. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 9 - Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 15000.

15000. Notwithstanding any provisions of Sections 29800 and 29805 of the Government Code, warrants payable to recipients of public assistance shall not include any word or abbreviation indicative of aid, assistance, charity, needy, support, or welfare. Nothing in this section prohibits the use of code numbers or other code symbols used and understood by county officers and agencies to identify the purpose and liability for which such warrants are drawn, if such code numbers or other code symbols are not generally so understood by the public.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 9 - Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 15001.

15001. Any warrant issued in payment of aid under this division is subject to the provisions of Section 29802 of the Government Code. Each such warrant shall bear on its face a statement that the warrant shall be void if not presented to the county treasurer for payment within six months after the date of issuance thereof.
The provision for a substitute warrant shall also apply to the assignee of a warrant, or the legal representative or heir of a deceased recipient, in accordance with the provisions of Section 12158 of this code.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1041.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 9 - Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Social Welfare Federal Fund › Section 15050.5.

15050.5. All references in this division or in any other provision of law to the Social Welfare Federal Fund shall be deemed references to the Federal Trust Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 235, Sec. 4. Operative July 1, 1985, by Sec. 16 of Ch. 235.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 9 - Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Welfare Advance Fund › Section 15100.

15100. A revolving fund in the State Treasury is hereby created to be known as the Welfare Advance Fund. All moneys in the fund are appropriated for the purpose of making payments or advances to counties, Indian tribes, the federal Social Security Administration, or other federal, state, or governmental entities, of the state and federal shares of local assistance programs, and for the payment of refunds. In addition, the fund may be used for the purpose of making a consolidated payment, comprised of the state and federal shares of local assistance costs, to any payee associated with programs administered by the State Department of Social Services.
Payments or advances of funds to counties, Indian tribes, the federal Social Security Administration, or other federal, state, or governmental entities, or to any payee, which payments or advances are properly chargeable to appropriations made from other funds in the State Treasury, may be made by Controller’s warrant drawn against the Welfare Advance Fund. For every warrant so issued, the several purposes and amounts for which it was drawn shall be identified for the payee.
The amounts to be transferred to the Welfare Advance Fund at any time shall be determined by the department, and, upon order of the Controller, shall be transferred from the funds and appropriations otherwise properly chargeable therewith to the Welfare Advance Fund.
Refunds of amounts disbursed from the Welfare Advance Fund shall, on order of the Controller, be deposited in the Welfare Advance Fund, and, on order of the Controller, shall be transferred therefrom to the funds and appropriations from which the amounts were originally derived. Claims for amounts erroneously paid into the Welfare Advance Fund shall be submitted by the department to the Controller who, if he or she approves the claims, shall draw his or her warrant in payment thereof against the Welfare Advance Fund.
All amounts increasing the cash balance in the Welfare Advance Fund, which were derived from the cancellation of warrants issued therefrom, shall, on order of the Controller, be transferred to and in augmentation of the appropriations from which the amounts were originally derived.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 323, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 9 - Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 3.5 - Central Benefit Issuance Fund › Section 15125.

15125. (a) The Central Benefit Issuance Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
(b) The fund shall be administered by the State Department of Social Services, and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, for expenditure for the purpose of making payments or advances to recipients of public social services and CalFresh benefits, as provided in Section 11006.6.
(c) Amounts to be transferred to the Central Benefit Issuance Fund shall be determined by the department, in accordance with an agreed upon format with the Controller, from the funds and appropriations properly chargeable for the implementation of the central benefit issuance system provided for in Section 11006.6.
(d) (1) Notwithstanding Section 17070 of the Government Code, any warrant drawn on the Central Benefit Issuance Fund that remains unpaid for 180 days after it becomes payable, shall be void and shall be canceled by the Controller.
(2) The Controller shall cause to be printed prominently on the face of each warrant issued from the fund, a notice regarding the requirements of paragraph (1).
(e) Notwithstanding Sections 17091 and 17092 of the Government Code, the department, with the concurrence of the Controller, shall provide for the replacement of lost or stolen warrants consistent with Section 29853.5 of the Government Code. The department may adopt regulations implementing this subdivision.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 63. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 9 - Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 3.5 - Central Benefit Issuance Fund › Section 15126.

15126. Counties participating in the central benefit issuance system, pursuant to Section 11006.6, shall pay to the department, at regular intervals as determined by the department, the share of public social services costs otherwise attributable to local government. Failure to pay within the determined intervals shall result in offsetting the appropriate amount from any funds going to the county from the state. Counties shall remit their share of public social services costs directly to the state, in accordance with an agreed upon format with the Controller, for deposit to the Central Benefit Issuance Fund or where deemed appropriate by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 696, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 9 - Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 4 - Payment of State and Federal Funds to Counties for Public Assistance Programs › Section 15150.

15150. During such time as grants-in-aid are provided or made available by the United States government for public assistance in this state, the State Treasurer shall pay to each county from the sums so granted (1) an amount which shall be used exclusively as public assistance equal to the full amount of any sums received from the United States government as public assistance in respect to recipients within the provisions of this chapter maintained or supported by the county; and (2) an additional amount equal to such county’s proportionate share of any amount so granted or made available to this state by the United States government for the costs of administering such aid, which additional amount shall be used exclusively for paying such administration costs. The department shall determine the portion of the amount so granted or made available for administration costs to be paid to the counties, which portion for each county shall bear the same proportion to the total amount made available to this state for such administrative costs that the administrative costs of that county bear to the total administrative costs of all counties and of the state. The department shall adopt rules and regulations which shall be of uniform application for determining the proportionate shares for such quarter to each county under the provisions of this section and Section 15152.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784. Note: Provision (2) is superseded by Section 15151 whenever that section is operative.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 9 - Financial Provisions › ARTICLE 4 - Payment of State and Federal Funds to Counties for Public Assistance Programs › Section 15150.5.

15150.5. The director shall develop and implement an allocation formula for state funds and state administered federal funds that each county is to receive for social services. The director shall seek the advice and assistance of counties in development of this formula. The proposed formula shall become effective not sooner than 30 days after it has been submitted to the chairman of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The proposed formula submitted to the chairman shall be accompanied by a statement from the County Supervisors Association of California which expresses the counties’ position on the formula.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 883, Sec. 4. Effective September 19, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 6 of Ch. 883.)