California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 7.6 - Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Fee

  • Section 1324.20.
    For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:(a) (1) “Continuing care retirement community” means a provider of a continuum of services, including independent living services,...
  • Section 1324.21.
    (a) For facilities licensed under subdivision (c) of Section 1250, there shall be imposed each fiscal year a uniform quality assurance fee per resident day. The...
  • Section 1324.22.
    (a) The quality assurance fee, as calculated pursuant to Section 1324.21, shall be paid by the provider to the department for deposit in the State Treasury...
  • Section 1324.23.
    (a) The Director of Health Care Services, or his or her designee, shall administer this article.(b) The director may adopt regulations as are necessary to implement this...
  • Section 1324.24.
    (a) The quality assurance fee assessed and collected pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), commencing August 1, 2013, the...
  • Section 1324.25.
    The funds assessed pursuant to this article shall be available to enhance federal financial participation in the Medi-Cal program or to provide additional reimbursement to,...
  • Section 1324.26.
    In implementing this article, the department may utilize the services of the Medi-Cal fiscal intermediary through a change order to the fiscal intermediary contract to...
  • Section 1324.27.
    (a) (1) The department shall request approval from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the implementation of this article. In making this request, the...
  • Section 1324.28.
    (a) This article shall be implemented as long as both of the following conditions are met:(1) The state receives federal approval of the quality assurance fee from...
  • Section 1324.29.
    (a) The quality assurance fee shall cease to be assessed after July 31, 2020.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) and Section 1324.30, the department’s authority and obligation to collect...
  • Section 1324.30.
    This article shall become inoperative after July 31, 2020, and, as of January 1, 2021, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative...

Last modified: October 22, 2018