(a) In the event state expenditures for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) are identified by California to be used as a certified public expenditure for the purpose of obtaining federal financial participation under the Medi-Cal program for any purposes, including federal demonstration waivers, the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Public Health shall ensure the integrity of the ADAP in meeting its maintenance-of-effort requirements to receive federal funds and to obtain all ADAP drug rebates to support the ADAP.

(b) The State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Public Health shall keep the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature informed of any potential concerns that may arise in the event that state expenditures for the ADAP are used as a certified public expenditure as described in subdivision (a).

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 717, Sec. 15. (SB 853) Effective October 19, 2010.)