Section 17601.
Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 17601.
in effectOn 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 former 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, subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of, and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of, Section 1370 of the Penal Code, and subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of, and subdivision (f) of, Section 1372 of the Penal Code. 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.
References
referencesCal. Penal Code - PEN § 1370.
referencesCal. Penal Code - PEN § 1372.
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 4095.
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 17605.05.
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 4330.
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