Section 11848.5 Of Chapter 13. Narcotic And Alcohol And Other Drug Abuse Programs From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 10.5. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 13.
11848.5
. (a) Once the negotiated rate with service providers has
been approved by the county, all participating governmental funding
sources, except the Medi-Cal program (Chapter 7 (commencing with
Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code), shall be bound to that rate as the cost of
providing all or part of the total county alcohol and other drug
program as described in the county contract for each fiscal year to
the extent that the governmental funding sources participate in
funding the county alcohol and other drug program. Where the State
Department of Health Services adopts regulations for determining
reimbursement of alcohol and other drug program services formerly
allowable under the Short-Doyle program and reimbursed under the
Medi-Cal Act, those regulations shall be controlling only as to the
rates for reimbursement of alcohol and other drug program services
allowable under the Medi-Cal program and rendered to Medi-Cal
beneficiaries. Providers under this section shall report to the
department and the county any information required by the department
in accordance with the procedures established by the director of the
department.
(b) The Legislature recognizes that alcohol and other drug abuse
services differ from mental health services provided through the
State Department of Health Care Services and therefore should not
necessarily be bound by rate determination methodology used for
reimbursement of those services formerly provided under the
Short-Doyle program and reimbursed under the Medi-Cal Act.