Commencing with the 2004-05 fiscal year, expenditures for Medi-Cal services and fiscal intermediary and county administration costs included in the department‘s budget shall be charged against the appropriation for the fiscal year in which the billing is paid. Commencing July 1, 2004, all 2002-03 fiscal year and prior accrued obligations of the Health Care Deposit Fund shall become obligations of the 2004-05 fiscal year and all moneys available from the 2002-03 fiscal year and prior appropriations shall be reappropriated to the 2004-05 fiscal year for that purpose.

(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 230, Sec. 72. Effective August 11, 2003.)

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 14159

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
  • department: means the State Department of Health Services. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14062
  • 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.
  • Medi-Cal: means the California Medical Assistance Program. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14063
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