California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 10 - California Health Facilities Financing Authority › Chapter 6 - Lifeline Grant Program › Section 7213 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) "Act"
				means the Clinic Lifeline Act of 2017, as codified in Section
				15438.11
				of the Government Code.
(b)
				"Applicant" means an entity that meets the eligibility requirement as further
				described in Section
				7214 for submission of an
				Application and submits an Application.
(c) "Application" means the written request
				for a Grant under the Lifeline Grant Program in the form and format of the
				Lifeline Grant Program Application Form No. CHFFA 8 LGP-01 (Rev.07/2018),
				hereby incorporated by reference, including all supporting information and
				documents, as further described in Section
				7216.
(d) "Authority" means the California Health
				Facilities Financing Authority.
(e)
				"Authority Staff" means employees of the Authority.
(f) "Central/Coast Region" means the counties
				of Mendocino, Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara,
				San Benito, Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and San Francisco.
(g) "Completed Application" means the
				Applicant has submitted and the Authority has received all required materials,
				including the Application and all supporting information and documents to
				commit the Health Facility to the conditions of the Grant Agreement.
(h) "Executive Director" means the executive
				director of the Authority.
(i)
				"Federal Poverty Level" means the measure of income issued every year by the
				U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
(j) "Federal Trigger" means any federal
				executive, administrative or legislative action or inaction that impacts any
				reimbursement or eligibility for participation in any federal program or
				initiative.
(k) "Federally
				Qualified Health Center" means community-based health care providers that
				receive funds from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration,
				Health Center Program to provide primary care services in underserved
				areas.
(l) "Federally Qualified
				Health Center Look-Alike" means health centers that have been certified by the
				federal government as meeting all the Federally Qualified Health Center program
				requirements, but do not receive funding under the program.
(m) "Final Allocation" means the Grant amount
				approved by the Authority.
(n)
				"Grant" means a Final Allocation approved by the Authority.
(o) "Grant Agreement" means a written
				agreement between the Authority and a Grantee that consists of the terms and
				conditions of the Grant.
(p) "Grant
				Period" means the time period from the date of Final Allocation to the date set
				by the Authority for the Grant to end.
(q) "Grantee" means a Health Facility that
				has been awarded or designated to receive Grant funds.
(r) "Health Facility" or "Facility" means a
				health facility as defined in Government Code Section
				15432,
				subdivision (d).
(s) "Initial
				Allocation" means the Grant amount the Authority Staff recommends the Authority
				approve for Final Allocation as further described in Section
				7222.
(t) "Los Angeles/Ventura Region" means the
				counties of Los Angeles and Ventura.
(u) "Medical Health Services" means the
				services provided by a Health Facility to persons for prevention, diagnosis, or
				treatment of illness or injury limited to reproductive services, family
				planning, sexual health services such as testing and treatment for sexually
				transmitted diseases, geriatric services, or chronic disease prevention,
				diagnosis and treatment.
(v)
				"Northern/Central Region" means the counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Siskiyou,
				Trinity, Shasta, Modoc, Lassen, Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Plumas, Sierra, Yuba,
				Sutter, Lake, Colusa, Yolo, Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Amador,
				Alpine, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mono, Mariposa, Merced,
				Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo.
(w) "Rural Medical Service Study Area" means
				an area defined by the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission as
				having a population density of less than 250 persons per square mile. A
				population center, which is an area within an individual county that is most
				densely populated, may not exceed 50,000 persons. A Rural Medical Service Study
				Area includes a Frontier Medical Service Study Area defined by the California
				Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission as having a population density of less
				than 11 persons per square mile.
(x) "Southern Region" means the counties of
				San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Kern, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, San
				Diego, and Imperial.
(y)
				"Vulnerable Populations" means Indigent Populations, Underinsured Populations,
				Uninsured Populations, Underserved Populations, or Undocumented Immigrant
				Populations.
(z) "Working Capital"
				means working capital as defined in Government Code Section
				15432,
				subdivision (h).
(aa) "Indigent
				Populations" means those that do not have health insurance and are not eligible
				for other health insurance coverage such as Medicaid, Medicare, or private
				health insurance; or those whose health insurance does not provide full
				coverage for all of their medical expenses and their medical expenses, in
				relationship to their income, would make them indigent if they were forced to
				pay full charges for their medical expenses.
(bb) "Underinsured Populations" means those
				having partial health insurance coverage and required to self-pay or pay on a
				sliding scale for all or part of their health care services not provided by
				their health insurance program or plan.
(cc) "Uninsured Populations" means those who
				have no health insurance.
(dd)
				"Underserved Populations" means those residing in one of the following areas:
(1) Medically Underserved Area (MUA) as
				designated by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services,
				United States Government.
(2)
				Critical Health Manpower Shortage Area (CHMSA) as designated by the Secretary
				of the Department of Health and Human Services, United States
				Government.
(3) Primary Care
				Physician Shortage Area (PCPSA) as designated by the California Health Manpower
				Policy Commission.
(4) A census
				tract with morbidity and mortality rates that indicate high risk factors which
				establish the health status as below that of the majority
				population.