(a) For services provided during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 project years, the amount allocated to designated public hospitals pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) and subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 14166.20 shall be allocated, in accordance with this section, among the designated public hospitals. For services provided during the 2007–08, 2008–09, and 2009–10 project years through October 31, 2010, amounts allocated to designated public hospitals as stabilization funding pursuant to any provision of this article, unless otherwise specified, shall be allocated among the designated public hospitals in accordance with this section. All amounts allocated to designated public hospitals in accordance with this section shall be paid as direct grants, which shall not constitute Medi-Cal payments.
(b) The baseline funding amount, as determined under Section 14166.5, for San Mateo Medical Center shall be increased by eight million dollars ($8,000,000) for purposes of this section.
(c) The following payments shall be made from the amount identified in subdivision (a), in addition to any other payments due to the University of California hospitals and health system and County of Los Angeles hospitals under this section:
(1) The lower of eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) or 3.67 percent of the amount identified in subdivision (a) to the University of California hospitals and health system.
(2) For each of the 2005–06 and 2006–07 project years, in the event that the one hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) identified in paragraph 41 of the Special Terms and Conditions for the demonstration project is available in the safety net care pool for the project year, the lower of twenty-three million dollars ($23,000,000) or 7.67 percent of the amount identified in subdivision (a) to the County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services, hospitals. If an amount less than the one hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) is available during the project year, the amount determined under this paragraph shall be reduced proportionately.
(d) For the 2005–06 and 2006–07 project years, the amount identified in subdivision (a), as reduced by the amounts identified in subdivision (c), shall be distributed among the designated public hospitals pursuant to this subdivision.
(1) Designated public hospitals that are donor hospitals, and their associated donated certified public expenditures, shall be identified as follows:
(A) An initial pro rata allocation of the amount subject to this subdivision shall be made to each designated public hospital, based upon the hospital’s baseline funding amount determined pursuant to Section 14166.5, and as further adjusted in subdivision (b). This initial allocation shall be used for purposes of the calculations under subparagraph (C) and paragraph (3).
(B) The federal financial participation amount arising from the certified public expenditures of each designated public hospital, including the expenditures of the governmental entity, nonhospital clinics, and other provider types with which it is affiliated, that were claimed by the department from the federal disproportionate share hospital allotment pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 14166.9, and from the safety net care pool funds pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 14166.9, shall be determined.
(C) The amount of federal financial participation received by each designated public hospital, and by the governmental entity, nonhospital clinics, and other provider types with which it is affiliated, based on certified public expenditures from the federal disproportionate share hospital allotment pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 14166.6, and from the safety net care pool payments pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14166.7 shall be identified. With respect to this identification, if a payment adjustment for a hospital has been made pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 14166.6, or paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 14166.7, the amount of federal financial participation received by the hospital based on certified public expenditures shall be determined as though no such payment adjustment had been made. The resulting amount shall be increased by amounts distributed to the hospital pursuant to subdivision (c) of this section, paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 14166.20, and the initial allocation determined for the hospitals in subparagraph (A).
(D) If the amount in subparagraph (B) is greater than the amount determined in subparagraph (C), the hospital is a donor hospital, and the difference between the two amounts is deemed to be that donor hospital’s associated donated certified public expenditures amount.
(2) Seventy percent of the total amount subject to this subdivision shall be allocated pro rata among the designated public hospitals based upon each hospital’s baseline funding amount determined pursuant to Section 14166.5, and as further adjusted in subdivision (b).
(3) The lesser of the remaining 30 percent of the total amount subject to this subdivision or the total amounts of donated certified public expenditures for all donor hospitals, shall be distributed pro rata among the donor hospitals based upon the donated certified public expenditures amount determined for each donor hospital. Any amounts not distributed pursuant to this paragraph shall be distributed in the same manner as set forth in paragraph (2).
(e) For the 2007–08 and subsequent project years through October 31, 2010, the amount identified in subdivision (a), as reduced by the amounts identified in subdivision (c), shall be distributed among the designated public hospitals pursuant to this subdivision.
(1) Each designated public hospital that renders inpatient hospital services under the health care coverage initiative program authorized pursuant to Part 3.5 (commencing with Section 15900) shall be allocated an amount equal to the amount of the federal safety net pool funds claimed and received with respect to the services rendered by the hospital, including services rendered to enrollees of a managed care organization, to the extent the amount was included in the determination of total stabilization funding for the project year pursuant to Section 14166.20.
(2) Each designated public hospital for which, during the project year, the sum of the allowable costs incurred in rendering inpatient hospital services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and the allowable costs incurred with respect to supplemental reimbursement for physician and nonphysician practitioner services rendered to Medi-Cal hospital inpatients, as specified in Section 14166.4, exceeds the allowable costs incurred for those services rendered in the prior year, shall be allocated an amount equal to 60 percent of the difference in the allowable costs, multiplied by the applicable federal medical assistance percentage. The allocations under this paragraph, however, shall be reduced pro rata as necessary to ensure that the total of those allocations does not exceed 80 percent of the amount subject to this subdivision after the allocations in paragraph (1). For purposes of this paragraph, the most recent cost data that are available at the time of the department’s determinations for the project year pursuant to Section 14166.20 shall be used.
(3) The remaining amount subject to this subdivision that is not otherwise allocated pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be allocated as set forth below:
(A) Designated public hospitals that are donor hospitals, and their associated donated certified public expenditures, shall be identified as follows:
(i) An initial pro rata allocation of the amount subject to this paragraph shall be made to each designated public hospital, based upon the total allowable costs incurred by each hospital, or governmental entity with which it is affiliated, in rendering hospital services to the uninsured during the project year as reported pursuant to Section 14166.8. This initial allocation shall be used for purposes of the calculations under clause (iii) and subparagraph (C).
(ii) The federal financial participation amount arising from the certified public expenditures of each designated public hospital, including the expenditures of the governmental entity, nonhospital clinics, and other provider types with which it is affiliated, that were claimed by the department from the federal disproportionate share hospital allotment pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 14166.9, and from the safety net care pool funds pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 14166.9, shall be determined.
(iii) The amount of federal financial participation received by each designated public hospital, and by the governmental entity, nonhospital clinics, and other provider types with which it is affiliated, based on certified public expenditures from the federal disproportionate share hospital allotment pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 14166.6, and from the safety net care pool payments pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14166.7 shall be identified. With respect to this identification, if a payment adjustment for a hospital has been made pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 14166.6, or paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 14166.7, the amount of federal financial participation received by the hospital based on certified public expenditures shall be determined as though no payment adjustment had been made. The resulting amount shall be increased by amounts distributed to the hospital pursuant to subdivision (c), paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subdivision, paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 14166.20, and the initial allocation determined for the hospitals in clause (i).
(iv) If the amount in clause (ii) is greater than the amount determined in clause (iii), the hospital is a donor hospital, and the difference between the two amounts is deemed to be that donor hospital’s associated donated certified public expenditures amount.
(B) Fifty percent of the total amount subject to this paragraph shall be allocated pro rata among the designated public hospitals in the same manner described in clause (i) of subparagraph (A).
(C) The lesser of the remaining 50 percent of the total amount subject to this paragraph, the total amounts of donated certified public expenditures for all donor hospitals or that amount that is 30 percent of the amount subject to this subdivision after the allocations in paragraph (1), shall be distributed pro rata among the donor hospitals based upon the donated certified public expenditures amount determined for each donor hospital. Any amounts not distributed pursuant to this subparagraph shall be distributed in the same manner as set forth in subparagraph (B).
(D) The federal financial participation amount arising from the certified public expenditures that has been paid to designated public hospitals, or the governmental entities with which they are affiliated, pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 14166.221 shall be disregarded for purposes of this paragraph.
(f) The department shall consult with designated public hospital representatives regarding the appropriate distribution of stabilization funding before stabilization funds are allocated and paid to hospitals. No later than 30 days after this consultation, the department shall issue a final allocation of stabilization funding under this section that shall not be modified for any reason other than mathematical errors or mathematical omissions on the part of the department.
(g) The provisions of this section shall apply only with respect to the demonstration project term, and shall not apply with respect to the successor demonstration project term.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 86, Sec. 11. (AB 1066) Effective July 15, 2011. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14166.26 or in subd. (b) or (g) of Section 14166.2. Repealed on date prescribed in Section 14166.26 or in subd. (b) or (g) of Section 14166.2.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018