California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14169.12

WIC § 14169.12 Effective Sep 16, 2011Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 5.228

Statute text

(a)Exclusive of payments made under Article 5.21 (commencing with Section 14167.1) and Article 5.226 (commencing with Section 14168.1), payment rates for hospital outpatient services, furnished by private hospitals, nondesignated public hospitals, and designated public hospitals before December 31, 2013, exclusive of amounts payable under this article, shall not be reduced below the rates in effect on July 1, 2011.

(b)Rates payable to hospitals for hospital inpatient services furnished before December 31, 2013, under contracts negotiated pursuant to the selective provider contracting program under Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 14081), shall not be reduced below the contract rates in effect on July 1, 2011. This subdivision shall not prohibit changes to the supplemental payments paid to individual hospitals under Sections 14166.12, 14166.17, and 14166.23, provided that the aggregate amount of the payments for each subject fiscal year is not less than the minimum amount permitted under Section 14167.13.

(c)Notwithstanding Section 14105.281, exclusive of payments made under Article 5.21 (commencing with Section 14167.1) and Article 5.226 (commencing with Section 14168.1), payments to private hospitals for hospital inpatient services furnished before January 1, 2014, that are not reimbursed under a contract negotiated pursuant to the selective provider contracting program under Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 14081), exclusive of amounts payable under this article, shall not be less than the amount of payments that would have been made under the payment methodology in effect on the effective date of this article.

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Legislative history

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 Repealed on or after January 1, 2015, as provided in Section 14169.16.