California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 17601

CA Welf & Inst Code § 17601 (2017)  

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 institutions 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 Health Care Services 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 State Department of Health Care Services may amend Schedule A in order to restore counties funds associated with multicounty regional programs.

(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department of Health Care Services 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, or its successor, the State Department of State Hospitals, 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 State Department of Mental Health, or its successor, the State Department of State Hospitals, for state hospital services. If a county has not contracted with the State Department of State Hospitals by July 1 of any given fiscal year, each monthly reimbursement shall be an amount equal to one-twelfth the number of beds provided to the county the previous fiscal year multiplied by the current state rate as determined by the State Department of State Hospitals.

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 State Hospitals and the State Department of Health Care Services for deposit in the State Hospital Account or the Institutions for Mental Disease Account in the Mental Health Facilities Fund, as appropriate.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 203. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018