California Senate Bill SB1517 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1517INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Wolk FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to amend Section 16809.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to county health services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1517, as introduced, Wolk. County medical service program: fees. Existing law authorizes counties meeting certain criteria to elect to participate in the County Medical Services Program, for the purpose of providing specified health services to eligible county residents. Counties that elect to participate in the program may establish a County Medical Services Program Governing Board. Existing law requires fees to be paid each fiscal year, as a condition of participating in the program, to the governing board in 12 equal monthly payments or as otherwise specified by the governing board. This bill would instead require the payments to the governing board be made in 10 equal payments during the fiscal year or as otherwise specified by the governing board. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 16809.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read: 16809.3. (a) Beginning in the 1991-92 fiscal year, and in subsequent fiscal years, a county shall pay the amount listed below or as established by the governing board pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 16809.4, to the governing board as a condition of participation in the County Medical Services Program administered pursuant to Section 16809: Jurisdiction Amount Alpine............................. $ 661 Amador............................. 17,107 Butte.............................. 459,610 Calaveras.......................... 30,401 Colusa............................. 28,997 Del Norte.......................... 39,424 El Dorado.......................... 233,492 Glenn.............................. 33,989 Humboldt........................... 430,851 Imperial........................... 249,786 Inyo............................... 18,950 Kings.............................. 195,053 Lake............................... 150,278 Lassen............................. 17,206 Madera............................. 151,434 Marin.............................. 576,233 Mariposa........................... 5,649 Mendocino.......................... 247,578 Modoc.............................. 9,688 Mono............................... 25,469 Napa............................... 142,767 Nevada............................. 42,051 Plumas............................. 23,796 San Benito......................... 37,018 Shasta............................. 294,369 Sierra............................. 6,183 Siskiyou........................... 48,956 Solano............................. 809,548 Sonoma............................. 718,947 Sutter............................. 188,781 Tehama............................. 79,950 Trinity............................ 8,319 Tuolumne........................... 34,947 Yuba............................... 101,907 (b) Beginning in the 1991-92 fiscal year and in subsequent fiscal years, counties that did not contract with the department pursuant to Section 16709 during the 1990-91 fiscal year shall pay the following amount listed below or as established by the governing board pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 16809.4, to the governing board as a condition of participation in the County Medical Services Program, administered pursuant to Section 16809: Jurisdiction Amount Merced............................ $488,954 Placer............................ 247,193 San Luis Obispo................... 358,571 Santa Cruz........................ 678,868 Yolo.............................. 532,510 (c) (1) County amounts specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be paid to the governing board in  12 equal monthly payments   10 equal payments during the fiscal year  or as otherwise specified by the governing board. Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a county that does not pay the amounts specified in subdivision (a) or (b) may be terminated from participation in the program. (2) A county may request, due to financial hardship, that payments specified under subdivisions (a) and (b) be delayed. The request shall be subject to the approval of the governing board. (3) For the 1991-92 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, counties that enter the County Medical Services Program shall pay the amount specified in subdivision (a) or (b), as applicable, on a prorated basis, for the number of contracted months of participation in the County Medical Services Program. (d) The payments required by subdivision (c) shall not be paid for with funds from the health account of the local health and welfare trust fund established pursuant to Section 17600.10.