(a) The amount of any payments made under this article to private hospitals, including the amount of payments made under Sections 14169.2, 14169.3, and 14169.7.5 and additional payments to private hospitals by managed health care plans pursuant to Section 14169.5, shall not be included in the calculation of the low-income percent or the OBRA 1993 payment limitation, as defined in paragraph (24) of subdivision (a) of Section 14105.98, for purposes of determining payments to private hospitals.

(b) The amount of any payments made to a hospital under this article shall not be included in the calculation of stabilization funding under Article 5.2 (commencing with Section 14166) or any successor legislation, including legislation implementing California’s Bridge to Reform Section 1115(a) Medicaid Demonstration (11-W-00193/9).

(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 286, Sec. 7. (SB 335) Effective September 16, 2011. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Sections 14169.13 (subd. (c), para. (1)) and 14169.40, or on date prescribed in Section 14169.16. Repealed on or after January 1, 2015, as provided in Section 14169.16.)