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Section 16981.

16981. (a) The department shall conduct fiscal and program reviews to ensure county compliance with the provisions of this part, and shall report annually the results of these reviews to the Legislature. The department may withhold funds, up to the total amount of funds allocated under this chapter, if a county fails to correct deficiencies in […]

Section 16990.

16990. (a) (1) Any county receiving an allocation pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16930) shall, at a minimum, maintain a level of financial support of county funds for health services at least equal to the total of the amounts specified in this subdivision. The amounts specified in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted […]

Section 16990.1.

16990.1. Notwithstanding the first sentence of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 16990, for the purposes of determining the level of financial support in the 1996–97 fiscal year, the amounts specified in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 16990 shall be added to 50 percent of the amounts specified in […]

Section 16990.5.

16990.5. (a) The following definitions shall govern the construction of this section, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Capital outlay” means net disproportionate share hospital revenues used for projects that involve the acquisition, construction, renovation, improvement, modernization, expansion, or replacement of a plant, building, or fixed or movable equipment, including debt service for facilities used in the […]

Section 16990.9.

16990.9. The level of financial maintenance of effort required of a county that contracts with the department pursuant to Section 101300 of the Health and Safety Code during the 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, and subsequent fiscal years may be reduced by the amount of local public health service funds retained by the county for that […]

Section 16955.

16955. Reimbursement for losses incurred by any physician shall be limited to services provided to a patient as established by subdivisions (f) and (g) of Section 16952, and where all of the following conditions have been met: (a) The physician has inquired if there is a responsible third-party source of payment. (b) The physician has billed for […]

Section 16955.1.

16955.1. This article shall not be applied or interpreted so as to prevent a physician from seeking payment from a patient or responsible third-party payor, or arranging a repayment schedule for the costs of services rendered prior to receiving payment under this article. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 51, Sec. 42. Effective April 18, 1990.)

Section 16956.

16956. (a) The administering agency shall establish procedures and time schedules for submission and processing of reimbursement claims submitted by physicians in accordance with this chapter. (b) Schedules for payment established in accordance with this section shall provide for disbursement of the funds available in the account periodically and at least quarterly, if funds remain available for […]

Section 16956.5.

16956.5. (a) The administering agency may establish an EMS Fund advisory committee. The committee shall include emergency physicians and emergency department oncall backup panel physicians. The committee shall advise the administering agency regarding distribution of funds pursuant to this section. (b) If the administering agency establishes a committee pursuant to subdivision (a) and the committee, upon an […]

Section 16948.

16948. (a) Commencing with the 1990–91 fiscal year, within 10 working days of receipt of funds allocated pursuant to Section 16941 and Section 16932, the county shall distribute to each noncounty hospital that hospital’s share of the funds pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 16946. (b) Each noncounty hospital which receives funds pursuant to […]