Section 16531.1 Of Article 2. Security For Deposits From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 2.
16531.1
. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and without
regard to fiscal year, if the annual State Budget is not enacted by
June 30 of any fiscal year preceding the fiscal year to which the
budget would apply or there is a deficiency in the Medi-Cal budget
during any fiscal year, both of the following shall occur:
(1) The Controller shall annually transfer from the General Fund,
in the form of one or more loans, an amount not to exceed a
cumulative total of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in any
fiscal year, to the Medical Providers Interim Payment Fund, which is
hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340
of the Government Code, the Medical Providers Interim Payment Fund is
hereby continuously appropriated for the purpose of making payments
to Medi-Cal providers, providers of services under Chapter 6
(commencing with Section 120950) of Part 4 of Division 105 of the
Health and Safety Code, and providers of services under Division 4.5
(commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
on or after July 1 of the fiscal year for which no budget has been
enacted and before September 1 of that year or for the purpose of
making payments to Medi-Cal providers, providers of services under
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 120950) of Part 4 of Division 105
of the Health and Safety Code, and providers of services under
Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 4500) of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, during the period in which the Medi-Cal program
has a deficiency. Payments shall be made pursuant to this subdivision
if both of the following conditions have been met:
(A) An invoice has been submitted for the services.
(B) Payment for the services is due and payable and the State
Department of Health Services determines that payment would be valid.
(2) For any fiscal year to which this subdivision applies, there
is hereby appropriated the sum of one billion dollars
($1,000,000,000) from the Federal Trust Fund to the Medical Providers
Interim Payment Fund.
(b) Upon the enactment of the annual Budget Act or a deficiency
bill in any fiscal year to which subdivision (a) applies, the
Controller shall transfer all expenditures and unexpended funds in
the Medical Providers Interim Payment Fund to the appropriate Budget
Act item.
(c) The amount of any loan made pursuant to subdivision (a) and
for which moneys were expended from the Medical Providers Interim
Payment Fund shall be repaid by debiting the appropriate Budget Act
item in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Department of
Finance.