Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

Fund Oversight and Accountability (a) The people of the State of California hereby declare their unqualified intent for the moneys deposited into the fund to be used to support the purposes set forth in this chapter without delay or interruption. The purpose of this section is to…

Treatment of Moneys Deposited in and Expended from the Fund Notwithstanding any other law: (a) The fund, and every subfund, account, and subaccount within the fund, is hereby declared to be a trust fund, trust subfund, trust account, or trust subaccount. (b) Except as provided in…

Administration (a) (1) The department shall be annually reimbursed from moneys in the Health Care Oversight & Accountability Subfund for actual and necessary costs incurred in administering this chapter in an amount not to exceed 0.0005 percent of the moneys annually deposited in…

Nonsupplantation (a) (1) Except as otherwise specified in Article 4 (commencing with Section 14199.109), moneys in the fund shall not be used to replace or supplant state revenue sources already in existence before the effective date of this chapter. Moneys in the fund shall only…

Deposit and Allocation of Moneys Notwithstanding any other law: (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2025, all moneys annually derived from the tax imposed pursuant to Article 7.1 (commencing with Section 14199.80) of Chapter 7 shall be deposited into the fund. (2) On and after Januar…

Expenditures During Calendar Years 2025 and 2026 (a) During each of calendar year 2025 and calendar year 2026 only, and notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys are hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years from the Health Care Oversight …

Treatment of Increased or Supplemental Payments Increased or supplemental payments made pursuant to Sections 14199.108.3, 14199.109, 14199.110, 14199.110.5, 14199.112, 14199.113, 14199.114, 14199.115, 14199.116, 14199.117, 14199.119, 14199.120.5, and 14199.120.6 shall: (a) Be in …

Primary Care Account (a) Moneys in the Primary Care Account shall be used for the purpose of providing Medi-Cal patients with increased access to quality primary care services as set forth in this section. (b) (1) The department shall, subject to the stakeholder input requirement…

Specialty Care Account (a) Moneys in the Specialty Care Account shall be used for the purpose of increasing Medi-Cal patient access to specialty care services as set forth in this section. (b) The department shall, subject to the stakeholder input requirements of Section 14199.12…

Emergency Department Physicians Account (a) Moneys in the Emergency Department Physicians Account shall be used for the purpose of increasing reimbursements for emergency department physicians treating Medi-Cal patients as set forth in this section. (b) The department shall, subj…

Community Health Workers Account (a) The Community Health Workers Account is hereby created within the Improving Access to Health Care Subfund. Moneys in the Community Health Workers Account shall be used for the purpose of increasing access to community health workers in Medi-Ca…

Outpatient and Clinic Access Account (a) Moneys in the Outpatient and Clinic Access Account shall be used for the purpose of increasing net reimbursements for outpatient facilities, including ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, that provide eligible outpatient services and p…

Family Planning Account (a) Moneys in the Family Planning Account shall be used for the purpose of expanding the scope and availability of family planning services as set forth in this section. (b) The department shall, subject to the stakeholder input requirements of Section 141…

Reproductive Health Account (a) Moneys in the Reproductive Health Account shall be used as set forth in this section. (b) The department shall, subject to the stakeholder input requirements of Section 14199.121, use the moneys in the Reproductive Health Account for the purpose of…

Emergency Medical Transportation Account (a) Moneys in the Emergency Medical Transportation Account shall be used for the purpose of increased payments to private ground emergency medical transport providers and emergency air ambulance transport providers as set forth in this sec…

Emergency Department and Hospital Services Account (a) Moneys in the Emergency Department and Hospital Services Account shall be used for the purpose of protecting access to, and improving the quality of, hospital care, including access to inpatient acute care and emergency depar…

Designated Public Hospital Account (a) Moneys in the Designated Public Hospital Account shall be used for the purpose of sustaining and promoting access to hospital and nonhospital care at designated public hospital systems. (b) The department shall, subject to the stakeholder in…

Affordable Prescription Drugs Account (a) The Affordable Prescription Drugs Account is hereby created within the Improving Access to Health Care Subfund. Moneys in the Affordable Prescription Drugs Account shall be used as set forth in this section. (b) The department shall, subj…

Improving Mental Health Account (a) (1) Moneys in the Improving Mental Health Account shall be used for the purpose of expanding access to mental health programs and services as set forth in this section. (2) Moneys in the account shall be used to provide additional funding for i…

Health Care Workers Account (a) The department shall, subject to the stakeholder input requirements of Section 14199.121, use the moneys in the Health Care Workers Account for the purpose of attracting, retaining, and expanding the pool of health care workers available to treat M…

Clinic Quality Account (a) Moneys in the Clinic Quality Account shall be used for the purpose of providing monetary incentives for clinics that demonstrate improved quality and increased access to care for Medi-Cal patients as set forth in this section. (b) The department shall, …

Improved Dental Services Account (a) Moneys in the Improved Dental Services Account shall be used for the purpose of providing enhanced access to Medi-Cal patients for specialty and restorative dental care as set forth in this section. (b) The department shall, subject to the sta…

Health Care Workforce Loan Repayment Account (a) The Health Care Workforce Loan Repayment Account is hereby created within the Improving Access to Health Care Subfund. Moneys in the Health Care Workforce Loan Repayment Account shall be used as set forth in this section. (b) Fifty…

Medi-Cal Access and Support Account (a) Moneys in the Medi-Cal Access and Support Account shall be used as set forth in this section. (b) Moneys in this account shall be used by the department to provide overall support to the Medi-Cal program and maintain access to necessary hea…

Stakeholder Input (a) (1) The department, or any other state government agency or entity that implements any part of this chapter, shall consult with, and obtain written input from, the stakeholder advisory committee regarding the development and implementation of the components …

Implementation; Federal Financial Participation; Modifications and Adjustments Necessary for Federal Approval (a) The department shall seek any federal approvals that are necessary to implement this chapter. (b) The department shall, wherever possible and to the extent feasible, …

Continued Imposition of Tax (a) It is the intent of the people of the State of California to permanently continue in existence a managed care organization provider tax upon the expiration of the tax imposed by Section 14199.84. (b) Therefore, upon the expiration of the tax impose…

Implementation of Tax (a) In implementing the tax imposed by subdivision (b) of Section 14199.123, the department shall adhere to all of the following: (1) The tax shall not exceed the limits set forth in Section 14199.126. (2) The models and methodologies utilized by the departm…

Tax Computation and Collection (a) Before each applicable calendar year or years, the department shall compute the annual tax liability for each taxpayer subject to the tax imposed by Section 14199.123. (b) For each tax period, the department shall establish all of the following:…

Limits on Tax Amounts (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other law, and except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the tax imposed by this article shall comply with both of the following: (1) The other per enrollee tax amount for any other taxing …

Operation (a) This article shall be inoperative during any portion of a calendar year for which the department does not obtain the necessary federal approvals for the tax imposed pursuant to Section 14199.123. (b) This article shall cease to be operative for any affected tax peri…

Definitions For purposes of this chapter, as used in both the singular and plural form, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Abortion” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 123464 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) “Acute psychiatric hospital” has…

Stakeholder Advisory Committee Established (a) The Protect Access to Health Care Act Stakeholder Advisory Committee is hereby established within the department. (b) An individual holding federal, state, tribal, or local elected or appointed office or an officer or official of a p…

Committee Membership (a) The committee shall be composed of 10 members as follows: (1) One member that represents both primary and specialty physicians on a statewide basis. (2) One member that represents both public and private hospitals, regardless of licensure type, on a state…

Committee Member Terms (a) Each appointing authority described in subdivision (b) of Section 14199.130 shall make their initial appointments not later than 30 calendar days after the effective date of this chapter. (b) The term of initial appointees to the committee shall begin o…

Powers and Duties of the Committee (a) (1) The committee is advisory only and does not possess decisionmaking authority. The committee is established for the sole purpose of researching and analyzing approaches and best practices for the development and implementation of the comp…

Compensation Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for necessary expenses, subject to approval by the department. (Added November 5, 2024, by initiative Proposition 35, Sec. 1. Effective December 18, 2024. Approved in Propositi…

Amendment of Chapter (a) The Legislature may amend this chapter by a statute passed in each house of the Legislature by rollcall vote entered into the journal, three-fourths of the membership concurring, provided that the statute is consistent with, and furthers the purpose of, t…

Construction of Chapter (a) Severability. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any portion, section, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, clause, subclause, sentence, phrase, word, or application of this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid by a decision of a…

Standing to Defend Chapter Notwithstanding any other law, if the State of California or any of its officers or officials fail to defend the constitutionality of this chapter, following its approval by the voters, any other state or local government agency of this state shall have…

The Legislature finds the following: (a) The quality of care provided to persons with developmental disabilities by residential facilities is contingent upon a closely coordinated “team” effort by the regional center or its designee, the person with developmental disabilities, th…

An adult person with a developmental disability has the legal right to determine where his or her residence will be. Except in a situation which presents immediate danger to the health and well-being of the individual, the regional center or its designee shall not remove a consum…

The regional center or its designated representative shall (a) guide and counsel facility staff regarding the care and services and supports required by each consumer served by the regional center; and (b) monitor the care and services and supports provided the individual to ensu…

(a) A statement made by a regional center representative when discharging his or her obligation to monitor the provision of services and supports pursuant to this division shall be a privileged communication, subject to subdivision (b). (b) A statement shall not be privileged pur…

It is the intent of the Legislature that to the greatest extent possible, the staff of the regional center or its designee are assigned so as to minimize the number of persons responsible for programs provided in a given facility. The regional center or its designee shall designa…

The regional center or its designee shall provide to the residential facility administrator all information in its possession concerning any history of dangerous propensity of the consumer prior to the placement in that facility. However, no confidential consumer information shal…