Section 16800.5.

16800.5. The State Department of Health Services shall establish data collection and reporting requirements for counties to annually report health expenditures. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 719, Sec. 5. Effective September 15, 1992.)

Section 16800.7.

16800.7. Agencies responsible for conducting fiscal or program audits or inspections of grants or subventions pursuant to any of the following provisions shall, to the extent practicable and consistent with federal law, endeavor to cooperate and consolidate efforts so as to conduct a single fiscal or compliance audit for any program affected by these provisions, […]

Section 16801.

16801. The following definitions shall govern the construction of this part, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “County health services” means public health services, outpatient health services, and inpatient health services provided directly by a local jurisdiction or financed or purchased by a local jurisdiction through grants, contracts, or agreements but shall not include mental health […]

Section 16803.

16803. (a) The County Health Services Fund is hereby created, and notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, for the purposes of this part. (b) The expenditure of funds from the County Health Services Fund shall be made by the State Department of Health Services without […]

Section 16804.1.

16804.1. (a) No fee or charge shall be required of any person before a county renders medically necessary services to persons entitled to services pursuant to Section 17000. (b) This section is declaratory of existing law and shall not be interpreted to effect a county’s authority to implement a reasonable sliding fee schedule based on ability to […]

Section 16809.

16809. (a) (1) The board of supervisors of a county that contracted with the department pursuant to former Section 16709 during the 1990–91 fiscal year and any county with a population under 300,000, as determined in accordance with the 1990 decennial census, by adopting a resolution to that effect, may elect to participate in the County Medical […]

Section 16809.3.

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 […]

Section 16809.4.

16809.4. (a) Counties voluntarily participating in the County Medical Services Program pursuant to Section 16809 may establish the County Medical Services Program Governing Board pursuant to procedures contained in this section. The governing board shall govern the County Medical Services Program. (b) The membership of the governing board shall be comprised of all of the following: (1) Three […]

Section 16809.5.

16809.5. (a) Funds appropriated for the purposes of this section shall be allocated on a monthly basis. (b) Money allocated for the purposes of this section may be used to expand the scope of benefits, to fund special projects which alleviate problems of access to health and dental care under the County Medical Services Program and to […]

Section 16812.

16812. The State Department of Health Services, in consultation with the local jurisdictions, shall adopt any regulations necessary to implement this part. The department may adopt these regulations on an emergency basis pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The adoption […]

Section 16817.

16817. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may enter into contracts with selected providers to provide health care services in expending funds provided pursuant to this part and Part 5 (commencing with Section 17000). The county may negotiate such reimbursement or payment arrangements it desires in such contracts. A county shall not be […]

Section 16818.

16818. (a) Each facility treating persons pursuant to Section 17000 shall provide, at the time treatment is sought, individual notice of the availability of reduced cost health care. In addition, conspicuous posted notices of the procedures for applying for reduced cost health care shall be displayed in all emergency rooms and patient waiting rooms of each […]