Section 1341.45 Of Article 1. General From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2.2. >> Article 1.
1341.45
. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the
Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund.
(b) The fines and administrative penalties collected pursuant to
this chapter, on and after September 30, 2008, shall be deposited
into the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund.
(c) The fines and administrative penalties deposited into the
Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund shall be
transferred by the department, beginning September 1, 2009, and
annually thereafter, as follows:
(1) The first one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be
transferred to the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians
within the Health Professions Education Fund and shall, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, be used for the purposes of the
Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program, as
specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 128550) or Chapter 5
of Part 3 of Division 107 and, notwithstanding Section 128555, shall
not be used to provide funding for the Physician Volunteer Program.
(2) Any amount over the first one million dollars ($1,000,000),
including accrued interest, in the fund shall be transferred to the
Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund continued pursuant to Section 15893
of the Welfare and Institutions Code and shall, upon appropriation
by the Legislature, be used for the Major Risk Medical Insurance
Program for the purposes specified in Section 15894 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 1356 and Section
1356.1, the fines and administrative penalties authorized pursuant to
this chapter shall not be used to reduce the assessments imposed on
health care service plans pursuant to Section 1356.
(e) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this
subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2014.