California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14105.194

WIC § 14105.194 Effective Jul 10, 2023Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)(1) Notwithstanding Sections 14105.191, 14105.192, and 14105.193, and for dates of service on or after August 1, 2021, the reimbursement rates for freestanding pediatric subacute care units, as defined in Section 51215.8 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, shall be determined without applying any reductions or limitations as set forth under Sections 14105.191, 14105.192, and 14105.193.

(2)For dates of service on or after August 1, 2021, and for each rate year thereafter, the department shall calculate and publish the reimbursement rates, as specified in paragraph (1), plus the projected cost of complying with new state or federal mandates.

(3)For the 2021–22 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the reimbursement rates for freestanding pediatric subacute care units shall account for, and be inclusive of, supplemental payments, as described under the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016, or Proposition 56, if the Budget Act of that fiscal year appropriates funds from the Healthcare Treatment Fund, as established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30130.55 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to the department to make those supplemental payments to the freestanding pediatric subacute care units.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 138. (AB 118) Effective July 10, 2023.