17601-17601.10
WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
SECTION 17601-17601.10
17601. On or before the 27th day of each month, the Controller
shall allocate to the mental health account of each local health and
welfare trust fund the amounts deposited and remaining unexpended and
unreserved on the 15th day of the month in the Mental Health
Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account in the Local Revenue Fund in
accordance with the following schedules:
(a) (1) Schedule A--State Hospital and Community Mental Health
Allocations.
Allocation
Jurisdiction Percentage
Alameda...................... 4.882
Alpine....................... 0.018
Amador....................... 0.070
Butte........................ 0.548
Calaveras.................... 0.082
Colusa....................... 0.073
Contra Costa................. 2.216
Del Norte.................... 0.088
El Dorado.................... 0.285
Fresno....................... 2.045
Glenn........................ 0.080
Humboldt..................... 0.465
Imperial..................... 0.342
Inyo......................... 0.104
Kern......................... 1.551
Kings........................ 0.293
Lake......................... 0.167
Lassen....................... 0.087
Los Angeles.................. 28.968
Madera....................... 0.231
Marin........................ 0.940
Mariposa..................... 0.054
Mendocino.................... 0.332
Merced....................... 0.546
Modoc........................ 0.048
Mono......................... 0.042
Monterey..................... 0.950
Napa......................... 0.495
Nevada....................... 0.191
Orange....................... 4.868
Placer....................... 0.391
Plumas....................... 0.068
Riverside.................... 2.394
Sacramento................... 3.069
San Benito................... 0.090
San Bernardino............... 3.193
San Diego.................... 5.603
San Francisco................ 4.621
San Joaquin.................. 1.655
San Luis Obispo.............. 0.499
San Mateo.................... 2.262
Santa Barbara................ 0.949
Santa Clara.................. 4.112
Santa Cruz................... 0.558
Shasta....................... 0.464
Sierra....................... 0.026
Siskiyou..................... 0.137
Solano....................... 1.027
Sonoma....................... 1.068
Stanislaus................... 1.034
Sutter/Yuba.................. 0.420
Tehama....................... 0.181
Trinity...................... 0.055
Tulare....................... 0.941
Tuolumne..................... 0.121
Ventura...................... 1.472
Yolo......................... 0.470
Berkeley..................... 0.190
Tri-City..................... 0.165
The amounts allocated in accordance with Schedule A for the
1991-92 fiscal year shall be considered the base allocations for the
1992-93 fiscal year.
(2) The funds allocated pursuant to Schedule B shall be increased
to reflect the addition of percentages for the Institute for Mental
Disease allocation pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).
(3) The Controller shall allocate three million seven hundred
thousand dollars ($3,700,000) to the counties pursuant to a
percentage schedule developed by the Director of Mental Health as
specified in subdivision (c) of Section 4095. The funds allocated
pursuant to Schedule A shall be increased to reflect the addition of
this schedule.
(4) (A) The department may amend Schedule A in order to restore
counties funds associated with multicounty regional programs.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department
shall amend Schedule A for the purpose of establishing mental health
base allocations for each county for the 1994-95 fiscal year and
fiscal years thereafter, in order to ensure that mental health base
allocations for each county do not fall below 75 percent of the
allocations for the 1989-90 fiscal year. The money specified in
subdivision (c) of Section 17605.05 shall be used for this purpose.
(b) (1) Schedule B--State Hospital Payment Schedule.
From the amounts allocated in accordance with Schedule A, each
county and city shall reimburse the Controller for reimbursement to
the State Department of Mental Health, for the 1991-92 fiscal year
only, an amount equal to one-ninth of the amount identified in
Schedule B as modified to reflect adjustments pursuant to paragraph
(2) of subdivision (a) of Section 4330. The reimbursements shall be
due the 24th day of each month and the first payment shall be due on
October 24, 1991. During the 1992-93 fiscal year and fiscal years
thereafter, each monthly reimbursement shall be one-twelfth of the
total amount of the county's contract with the department for state
hospital services.
First Year
State
Hospital
Jurisdiction Withholding
Alameda........................... $ 15,636,372
Berkeley City..................... 0
Alpine............................ 95,379
Amador............................ 148,915
Butte............................. 650,238
Calaveras......................... 100,316
Colusa............................ 189,718
Contra Costa...................... 8,893,339
Del Norte......................... 94,859
El Dorado......................... 236,757
Fresno............................ 1,429,379
Glenn............................. 51,977
Humboldt.......................... 727,684
Imperial.......................... 259,887
Inyo.............................. 363,842
Kern.............................. 4,024,613
Kings............................. 266,904
Lake.............................. 292,373
Lassen............................ 167,367
Los Angeles....................... 102,458,700
Tri-City.......................... 0
Madera............................ 131,243
Marin............................. 3,248,590
Mariposa.......................... 117,989
Mendocino......................... 471,955
Merced............................ 404,125
Modoc............................. 94,859
Mono.............................. 94,859
Monterey.......................... 2,079,097
Napa.............................. 2,338,985
Nevada............................ 493,786
Orange............................ 14,066,133
Placer............................ 847,232
Plumas............................ 130,463
Riverside......................... 4,891,077
Sacramento........................ 4,547,506
San Benito........................ 259,887
San Bernardino.................... 5,587,574
San Diego......................... 6,734,976
San Francisco..................... 23,615,688
San Joaquin....................... 927,018
San Luis Obispo................... 719,887
San Mateo......................... 6,497,179
Santa Barbara..................... 2,168,758
Santa Clara....................... 7,106,095
Santa Cruz........................ 1,403,391
Shasta............................ 1,169,492
Sierra............................ 94,859
Siskiyou.......................... 129,944
Solano............................ 5,332,885
Sonoma............................ 2,669,041
Stanislaus........................ 1,740,205
Sutter/Yuba....................... 363,842
Tehama............................ 363,842
Trinity........................... 94,859
Tulare............................ 675,707
Tuolumne.......................... 304,328
Ventura........................... 3,378,533
Yolo.............................. 1,169,492
(2) (A) (i) During the 1992-93 fiscal year, in lieu of making the
reimbursement required by paragraph (1), a county may elect to
authorize the Controller to reimburse the State Hospital Account of
the Mental Health Facilities Fund a pro rata share each month
computed by multiplying the ratio of the reimbursement amount owed by
the county as specified in Schedule B to the total amount of money
projected to be allocated to the county pursuant to Schedule A by the
funds available for deposit in the mental health account of the
county's health and welfare trust fund.
(ii) The reimbursement shall be made monthly on the same day the
Controller allocates funds to the local health and welfare trust
funds.
(B) During the 1992-93 fiscal year and thereafter, the amount to
be reimbursed each month shall be computed by multiplying the ratio
of the county's contract for state hospital services to the amount of
money projected to be allocated to the county pursuant to Schedule A
by the funds available for deposit in the mental health account of
the county's health and welfare trust fund.
(C) All reimbursements, deposits, and transfers made to the Mental
Health Facilities Fund pursuant to a county election shall be deemed
to be deposits to the local health and welfare trust fund.
(3) (A) Counties shall notify the Controller, in writing, by
October 15, 1991, upon making the election pursuant to paragraph (2).
The election shall be binding for the fiscal year. The pro rata
share of allocations made prior to the election by the county shall
be withheld from allocations in subsequent months until paid.
(B) For the 1992-93 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter,
counties shall notify the Controller, in writing, by July 1 of the
fiscal year for which the election is made, upon making the election
pursuant to paragraph (2).
(4) Regardless of the reimbursement option elected by a county, no
county shall be required to reimburse the Mental Health Facilities
Fund by an amount greater than the amount identified in Schedule B as
modified to reflect adjustments pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) of Section 4330.
(c) (1) For the 1991-92 fiscal year, the Controller shall
distribute monthly beginning in October from the Mental Health
Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account of the Local Revenue Fund to the
mental health account of each local health and welfare trust fund
one-ninth of the amount allocated to the county in accordance with
the institutions for mental disease allocation schedule established
by the State Department of Mental Health.
(2) Each county shall forward to the Controller, monthly, an
amount equal to one-ninth of the amount identified in the schedule
established by the State Department of Mental Health. The
reimbursements shall be due by the 24th day of the month to which
they apply, and the first payment shall be due October 24, 1991.
These amounts shall be deposited in the Institutions for Mental
Disease Account in the Mental Health Facilities Fund.
(3) (A) (i) During the 1991-92 fiscal year, in lieu of making the
reimbursement required by paragraph (1), a county may elect to
authorize the Controller to reimburse the Institutions for Mental
Disease Account of the Mental Health Facilities Fund a pro rata share
each month computed by multiplying the ratio of the reimbursement
amount owed by the county as specified in Schedule B to the total
amount of money projected to be allocated to the county pursuant to
Schedule A by the funds available for deposit in the mental health
account of the county's health and welfare trust fund.
(ii) The reimbursement shall be made monthly on the same day the
Controller allocates funds to the local health and welfare trust
funds.
(B) During the 1992-93 fiscal year and thereafter, the amount to
be reimbursed each month shall be computed by multiplying the ratio
of the county's contract for mental health services to the amount of
money projected to be allocated to the county pursuant to Schedule A
by the funds available for deposit in the mental health account of
the county's health and welfare trust fund.
(C) All reimbursements, deposits, and transfers made to the Mental
Health Facilities Fund pursuant to a county election shall be deemed
to be deposits to the local health and welfare trust fund.
(4) (A) Counties shall notify the Controller, in writing, by
October 15, 1991, upon making the election pursuant to paragraph (3).
The election shall be binding for the fiscal year. The pro rata
share of allocations made prior to the election by the county shall
be withheld from allocations in subsequent months until paid.
(B) For the 1992-93 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter,
counties shall notify the Controller, in writing, by July 1 of the
fiscal year for which the election is made, upon making the election
pursuant to paragraph (2).
(5) Regardless of the reimbursement option elected by a county, no
county shall be required to reimburse the Institutions for Mental
Disease Account in the Mental Health Facilities Fund an amount
greater than the amount identified in the schedule developed by the
State Department of Mental Health pursuant to paragraph (1).
(d) The Controller shall withhold the allocation of funds pursuant
to subdivision (a) in any month a county does not meet the
requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) or paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c), in the amount of the obligation and transfer the
funds withheld to the State Department of Mental Health for deposit
in the State Hospital Account or the Institutions for Mental Disease
Account in the Mental Health Facilities Fund, as appropriate.
17601.05. (a) There is hereby created the Mental Health Facilities
Fund, which shall have the following accounts:
(1) The State Hospital Account.
(2) The Institutions for Mental Disease Account.
(b) Funds deposited in the State Hospital Account are continuously
appropriated, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code,
without regard to fiscal years, for disbursement monthly to the State
Department of Mental Health for costs incurred pursuant to Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 4330) of Part 2 of Division 4.
(c) Funds deposited in the Institutions for Mental Disease Account
of the Mental Health Facilities Fund are continuously appropriated,
notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, without regard
to fiscal years, for disbursement monthly to the State Department of
Mental Health for costs incurred pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with
Section 5900) of Division 4.
17601.10. (a) The State Department of Mental Health may request a
loan from the General Fund in an amount that shall not exceed one
hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for the purposes of meeting
cash-flow needs in its state hospital operations due to delays in the
receipt of reimbursements from counties.
(b) The Controller shall liquidate any loan, in accordance with
Section 16314 of the Government Code, from the next available
deposits into the State Hospital Account in the Mental Health
Facilities Fund.
(c) If a loan remains outstanding at the end of any fiscal year,
the State Department of Mental Health shall determine the amount of
the loan attributable to a shortfall in payments by counties against
the amount due in Schedule B in the 1991-92 fiscal year or the
contract amount for beds purchased in each subsequent fiscal year.
The State Department of Mental Health shall determine any amounts due
to counties pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 4330. The State
Department of Mental Health shall invoice each county for any
outstanding balance. Sixty days after an invoice has been provided
and upon notice to the Controller by the State Department of Mental
Health, the Controller shall collect an amount from the county's
allocation to the mental health account of the local health and
welfare trust fund that is sufficient to pay any outstanding balance
of the invoice. If these amounts do not provide sufficient funds to
repay the outstanding loan, the Controller shall liquidate the
balance from the next available deposits into the Mental Health
Subaccount in the Sales Tax Account in the Local Revenue Fund.