Bill Text: CA SB743 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 743 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Medical Providers Interim Payment Fund.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB743 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB743-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 743	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 30, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator  Strickland   Emmerson

   (Coauthor: Senator Hernandez)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Galgiani)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 16531.1 of the Government Code, relating
to social services, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 743, as amended,  Strickland   Emmerson
 . Medical Providers Interim Payment Fund.
   Existing law creates the continuously appropriated Medical
Providers Interim Payment Fund, for the purposes of paying Medi-Cal
providers, providers of drug treatment services for persons infected
with HIV, and providers of services for the developmentally disabled,
for services provided on or after July 1 of the fiscal year for
which a budget has not yet been enacted, as specified, or if there is
a deficiency in the Medi-Cal budget in any fiscal year. Existing law
transfers, for each fiscal year in which these payments are
necessary, up to $1,000,000,000 from the General Fund, in the form of
loans, and appropriates $1,000,000,000 from the Federal Trust Fund,
to the Medical Providers Interim Payment Fund.
   This bill would, instead, transfer up to $2,000,000,000 from the
General Fund, in the form of loans, and appropriate $2,000,000,000
from the Federal Trust Fund, to the Medical Providers Interim Payment
Fund for each fiscal year in which these payments are necessary 
, as specified  .
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 16531.1 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   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 two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) 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 Care Services determines that payment would be
valid.
   (2) For any fiscal year to which this subdivision applies, there
is hereby appropriated the sum of two billion dollars
($2,000,000,000) 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.