(a) Beginning in 1991, the State Department of Health Services shall include in the November estimate of Medi-Cal expenditures and the Governor’s Budget an estimate of savings from the prior year which resulted from implementation of Senate Bill 2174 of the 1987-88 Regular Session of the Legislature.

(b) Beginning in 1992, the Department of Finance shall, by February 1, deposit an amount equal to the savings level identified in the November estimate of Medi-Cal expenditures into the Critical Needs Health Care Fund, which is hereby created. Funds deposited in the Critical Needs Health Care Fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature for high-priority health expenditures.

(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1348, Sec. 15.)