SECTIONS 124475-124485 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 124475-124485

124475. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Clinics are valuable partners in the state's efforts to
improve access to health services.
(b) Clinics have an established record of providing quality health
services to medically uninsured persons at a reasonable cost.
(c) Clinics are experienced in serving the culturally diverse
populations of this state and have developed comprehensive health
services packages that meet special population needs.
(d) Clinics are major partners with all levels of government as
contractors and grantees in programs that serve the poor, low income,
minorities, and other target populations with special needs in both
urban and rural areas of California.
(e) The state's grant and contract approval process are so
complicated and time consuming that clinics are faced annually with
severe cash-flow problems.
(f) The length of time required for the state to process and
execute payment of claims submitted by clinics, creates severe
cash-flow problems for the clinics.
(g) Clinics often have no choice but to borrow funds to cover
operations pending receipt of state funds and the resulting interest
payments reduce the amount of funds available for direct services to
the needy population.
(h) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that
preliminary advance payment authority be established for the
department in order to alleviate clinics' cash-flow problems to the
extent possible.
(i) It is the intent of the Legislature that a clinic revolving
fund be established within the department to expedite the payment
process and thereby alleviate the cash-flow problems of clinics.

124480. As used in this chapter, "clinic" means a primary care
clinic as defined in Section 1200.

124485. (a) The department shall prepare and transmit to the
Legislature a report of the department's activities relating to the
utilization of clinics to provide comprehensive health services
pursuant to the following programs:
(1) Health of seasonal agricultural and migratory workers and
their families program.
(2) American Indian health services program.
(3) Rural health services program.
(4) Grants-in-aid to clinic program.
(5) California health services corps program.
(b) A report shall be transmitted to the Legislature by July 1,
1992, and by July 1 of every fourth year thereafter.
(c) The report shall also include any grant funds expended and the
resources allocated to the programs by the department, including
staff, travel, and support services.
(d) The report shall reflect activities, resources, and
expenditures by fiscal year.