California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 5.229 - Private Hospital Quality Assurance Fee Act of 2011

• Section 14169.31.
  For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:(a) (1) “Aggregate quality assurance fee” means, with respect to a hospital that is not a prepaid...
• Section 14169.32.
  (a) There shall be imposed on each general acute care hospital that is not an exempt facility a quality assurance fee, provided that a quality assurance...
• Section 14169.33.
  (a) (1) All fees required to be paid to the state pursuant to this article shall be paid in the form of remittances payable to the department.(2) The...
• Section 14169.34.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or Article 5.228 (commencing with Section 14169.1) requiring federal approvals, the department may impose and collect the quality...
• Section 14169.35.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director shall have discretion to modify any timeline or timelines in this article or Article 5.228 (commencing with...
• Section 14169.36.
  (a) Upon receipt of a letter that indicates likely federal approval that the director determines is sufficient for implementation under Section 14169.34, or upon the receipt...
• Section 14169.37.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if actual federal approval or a letter that indicates likely federal approval in accordance with Section 14169.34 has not...
• Section 14169.38.
  (a) This article shall be implemented only as long as all of the following conditions are met:(1) Subject to Section 14169.33, the quality assurance fee is established...
• Section 14169.39.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or Article 5.228 (commencing with Section 14169.1), supplemental payments or other payments under Article 5.228 (commencing with Section...
• Section 14169.40.
  (a) This article and Article 5.228 (commencing with Section 14169.1) shall become inoperative and the requirements for supplemental payments or other payments under Article 5.228 (commencing...
• Section 14169.40.5.
  Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department shall implement this...
• Section 14169.41.
  (a) This article shall remain operative only until the later of the following:(1) January 1, 2015.(2) The date of the last payment of the quality assurance fee payments...
• Section 14169.42.
  If the director determines that this article has become inoperative pursuant to Section 14169.37, 14169.38, 14169.40, or 14169.41, the director shall execute a declaration stating...

Last modified: October 22, 2018