CA Welf & Inst Code Section 17601


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.
Last Updated

Aug. 19, 2023

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