(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall only implement the payments described under Section 14188.1 for a service period during a state fiscal year subject to appropriation by the Legislature for that state fiscal year.

(b) This section shall be implemented only to the extent that the department obtains any necessary federal approvals and determines that federal financial participation is not otherwise jeopardized.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 14188.4

  • 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
  • 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.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, this section shall supersede any law suspending authority for any program described in Section 14188.1. The law on suspending authority includes, but is not limited to, provisions under the Budget Act of 2019, the Budget Act of 2020, and enacted legislation providing for appropriations related to those acts.

(d) The Legislature finds and declares that this section complies with all of the following:

(1) Made in accordance with the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016 (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 30130.50) of Chapter 2 of Part 13 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).

(2) Based on criteria developed and periodically updated as part of the annual state budget process, in accordance with subdivision (a) of § 30130.55 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(3) Consistent with the purposes and conditions of expenditures described in subdivision (a) of § 30130.55 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 410. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)

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