SECTIONS 16909-16909.1 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 16909-16909.1

16909. (a) Any county which receives funds pursuant to this part
shall deposit them in a special revenue fund or trust fund
established solely for this purpose, in a hospital services account,
a physician services account, and other county health services
account, and any other account or subaccount the department may
require, before transferring or expending them for any of the uses
allowed in this part.
(b) Any county subject to the requirements of subdivision (a)
shall deposit the funds in the special revenue fund or trust fund
before transferring the funds to the county emergency medical
services fund, as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 16933 and
Section 16951.
(c) (1) Interest on each fund, account, or subaccount shall accrue
to the benefit of the fund, account, or subaccount, and shall be
expended for the same purposes as the other funds in the account or
subaccount.
(2) Interest or other increments resulting from funds transferred
to the county for noncounty hospitals pursuant to paragraph (1) or
(2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16946 shall be expended under
paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16946.
(d) Counties shall submit a report that displays cost and
utilization data for each account in the trust fund established
pursuant to this section, to the department on a semiannual,
preliminary annual, and final annual basis, in a form prescribed by
the department.
(e) Data required by subdivision (d) shall include, but not be
limited to, all of the following:
(1) For the Hospital Services Account, the data shall include all
of the following:
(A) Inpatient stay, including child health and disability
prevention followup treatment, including the following information:
(i) Facility name.
(ii) Amount paid by the county.
(iii) Number of discharges.
(iv) Patient days.
(B) Outpatient visits, including child health and disability
prevention followup treatment, including the following information:
(i) Facility name.
(ii) Amount paid by the county.
(iii) Number of visits.
(C) Emergency room.
(i) Facility name.
(ii) Amount paid by the county.
(iii) Number of visits.
(2) For the Physician Services Account, the data shall include all
of the following:
(A) Emergency services, including the following information:
(i) The number of providers.
(ii) The number of visits.
(iii) The amount paid by the county.
(B) Obstetrics, including the following information:
(i) The number of providers.
(ii) The number of visits.
(iii) The amount paid by the county.
(C) Pediatrics, including the following information:
(i) The number of providers.
(ii) The number of visits.
(iii) The amount paid by the county.
(D) Child health and disability prevention followup treatment,
including the following information:
(i) The number of providers.
(ii) The number of visits.
(iii) The amount paid by the county.
(3) For the other county health services account, the data shall
include all of the following:
(A) For funds expended for hospital services, those data in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (e).
(B) For funds expended for physician services, those data in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (e).
(C) For funds expended for services other than those provided and
billed for by a hospital or physician, the data shall include:
(i) The number of providers by type of service.
(ii) The number of visits or units, or both, by type of service.
(iii) The amount paid by the county by type of service.
(D) Child health and disability prevention followup treatment,
including the following information:
(i) The number of providers.
(ii) The number of visits.
(iii) The amount paid by the county.
(f) The Director of Health Services shall withhold, in part or in
whole, payment of moneys governed by Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 16930) and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 16940) of this
part to a county, until the reports specified in this section have
been submitted to the department in the form and according to the
procedures established by the department.

16909.1. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), county
adminstrative costs associated with the administration of each
special revenue fund, trust fund, account, or subaccount required by
Section 16909 shall be reimbursed from the specific fund, account, or
subaccount.
(b) Funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b)
of Section 16946 shall not be reduced or utilized to offset the costs
of administering the hospital services account.