SECTIONS 16940-16942 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 16940-16942

16940. (a) The department shall, each fiscal year, determine the
percentage of moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter.
For the 1989-90 fiscal year, these percentages shall be 59.5 percent
from the Hospital Services Account, 12.2 percent from the Physician
Services Account, and 28.3 percent from the Unallocated Account.
These percentages shall be applied as specified in this chapter.
(b) (1) There is, in the County Health Services Fund, the
California Health Care for the Indigent Program Account.
(2) For purposes of this chapter, "CHIP Account" means the account
created by this section.
(3) The following amounts shall be deposited in the CHIP Account:
(A) Moneys appropriated for the purpose of this chapter.
(B) Any moneys appropriated by the Legislature to the CHIP
Account.
(c) Moneys deposited in the CHIP Account shall be administered on
an accrual basis and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
except as provided in this chapter, shall not be transferred to any
other fund or account except for purposes of investment as provided
in Article 4 (commencing with Section 16470) of Chapter 3 of Part 2
of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

16941. (a) The amount appropriated and available for the purposes
of this chapter shall be allocated to each MISP county in accordance
with the ratios established in subdivision (b).
(b) Allocations shall be made to each county by multiplying the
amount appropriated for the purposes of this chapter by each
percentage listed below:

County CHIP Allocation
Alameda 4.7427%
Contra Costa 1.8032%
Fresno 2.6855%
Kern 1.7083%
Lake 0.1826%
Los Angeles 43.8057%
Mendocino 0.2664%
Merced 0.7244%
Monterey 1.2937%
Orange 5.1382%
Placer 0.3697%
Riverside 3.1828%
Sacramento 3.2922%
San Bernardino 3.7972%
San Diego 5.9971%
San Francisco 5.3898%
San Joaquin 1.7413%
San Luis Obispo 0.8096%
San Mateo 1.4582%
Santa Barbara 0.7918%
Santa Clara 5.2450%
Santa Cruz 0.7709%
Stanislaus 1.2793%
Tulare 1.3768%
Ventura 1.5472%
Yolo 0.6004%

16941.1. For the 1991-92 fiscal year and each fiscal year
thereafter, any county that elects to participate in the County
Medical Services Program pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subdivision (b) of Section 16809 shall have the amounts allocated to
that county pursuant to this chapter transferred as follows:
(a) Of the moneys allocated from the Hospital Services Account
pursuant to Section 16943, seven-seventeenths of the transferable
amount shall be transferred to the Rural Health Services Account for
hospital services governed by Section 16932. The remainder of this
amount shall be transferred to the County Medical Services Program
Account and shall be utilized for the purposes specified in Section
16809.5.
(b) Of the moneys allocated from the Physician Services Account
pursuant to Section 16950, seven-seventeenths of the transferable
amount shall be transferred to the Rural Health Services Account for
physician services governed by Section 16933. The remainder of this
amount shall be transferred to the County Medical Services Program
Account and shall be utilized for the purposes specified in Section
16809.5.
(c) Of the moneys allocated from the Unallocated Account governed
by Section 16960, seven-seventeenths of the transferable amount shall
be transferred to the Rural Health Services Account for other health
services governed by the provisions of Section 16933. The remainder
of this amount shall be transferred to the County Medical Services
Program Account and shall be utilized for the purposes specified in
Section 16809.5.
(d) Funds transferred pursuant to this section shall be subject to
all applicable statutes.

16942. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds
appropriated for the purposes of this chapter be administered, to the
extent possible, in the same manner and according to same conditions
and requirements as funds accounted for pursuant to Part 4.6
(commencing with Section 16800.5). The requirements of Sections
16804.1 and 16818 apply to services supported by funds appropriated
for the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Except as specifically provided in this chapter, the authority
of each county established pursuant to Section 16817 shall remain
unaffected.
(c) Services, associated costs, and socio-demographic
characteristics of persons served by each county under Section 17000
and supported in whole or in part by funds appropriated pursuant to
this chapter shall be incorporated into the information required
pursuant to Section 16915.