BILL NUMBER: SB 1517	INTRODUCED
	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.