Health and Safety Code section 130500

(a)

This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Discount Prescription Drug Program.

(b)

This division shall become operative on and after July 1, 2010.

(c)

The California Discount Prescription Drug Program shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a Budget Act or other statute that is enacted on or before February 1, 2015, includes or makes an appropriation of moneys to the department to implement this program.

(d)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, if the California Discount Prescription Drug Program is not implemented pursuant to subdivision (c), this division shall become inoperative on February 1, 2015, and as of January 1, 2016, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

Source: Section 130500, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=130500.­ (updated Oct. 19, 2010; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

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