Section 1324.4 Of Article 7.5. Intermediate Care Facilities’ Quality Assurance Fees From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 7.5.
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. (a) On or before August 31 of each year, each designated
intermediate care facility subject to Section 1324.2 shall report to
the department, in a prescribed form, the facility's gross receipts
for the preceding state fiscal year.
(b) On or before the last day of each calendar quarter, each
designated intermediate care facility shall file a report with the
department, in a prescribed form, showing the facility's gross
receipts for the preceding quarter.
(c) A newly licensed care facility, as defined by the department,
shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision (a) for its year
of operation, but shall complete all requirements of subdivision (b)
for any portion of the quarter in which it commences operations.
(d) The quality assurance fee, as calculated pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 1324.2, shall be paid to the department on
or before the last day of the quarter following the quarter for
which the fee is imposed.
(e) The payment of the quality assurance fee a designated
intermediate care facility shall be reported as an allowable cost for
Medi-Cal reimbursement purposes.
(f) The department shall make retrospective adjustments, as
necessary, to the amounts calculated pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 1324.2 in order to assure that the facility's aggregate
quality assurance fee for any particular state fiscal year does not
exceed 6 percent of the facility's aggregate annual gross receipts
for that year.