(a)  Within 60 days of enactment of the Budget Act, the department shall advance to a local health department 25 percent of the annual General Fund allocation, subvention, or reimbursement required by a local health department for the delivery of services specified in subdivision (b). In determining the dollar amount of the 25 percent allocation, subvention, or reimbursement, the department shall use the local health department’s prior year’s or the most recently completed fiscal year‘s allocation.

(b)  Subdivision (a) shall apply to the following health programs and General Fund funding sources:

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 100236

  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23

(1)  Funding for administration for the California Children’s Services Program (Article 5 (commencing with Section 123800) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106).

(2)  Funding for medical therapy for the California Children’s Services Program (Article 5 (commencing with Section 123800) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106).

(3)  Funding for administration for the Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (Article 6 (commencing with Section 124025) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106).

(4)  Funding for HIV education and prevention services under Section 100119.

(c)  This section shall not apply to a local health department that is three or more quarters in arrears in billing the state for the programs specified in subdivision (b).

(d)  For purposes of this section, “local health department” has the same meaning as that set forth in Section 101185.

(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 847, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)