(a) (1) Annually, the board of supervisors shall appropriate a sum of money for services for handicapped children of the county, including diagnosis, treatment, and therapy services for physically handicapped children in public schools, equal to 25 percent of the actual expenditures for the county program under this article for the 1990–91 fiscal year, except as specified in paragraph (2).

(2) If the state certifies that a smaller amount is needed in order for the county to pay 25 percent of costs of the county’s program from this source. The smaller amount certified by the state shall be the amount that the county shall appropriate.

(b) In addition to the amount required by subdivision (a), the county shall allocate an amount equal to the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (a) for purposes of this article from revenues allocated to the county pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 17600) of Part 5 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(c) (1) The state shall match county expenditures for this article from funding provided pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b).

(2) County expenditures shall be waived for payment of services for children who are eligible pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 123870.

(d) The county may appropriate and expend moneys in addition to those set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) and the state shall match the expenditures, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, to the extent that state funds are available for this article.

(e) County appropriations under subdivisions (a) and (b) shall include county financial participation in the nonfederal share of expenditures for services for children who are enrolled in the Medi-Cal program pursuant to Section 14005.26 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or the Medi-Cal Access Program pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15810) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and who are eligible for services under this article pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 123870, to the extent that federal financial participation is available at the enhanced federal reimbursement rate under Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1397aa et seq.) and funds are appropriated for the California Children’s Services Program in the State Budget.

(f) This section shall not require the county to expend more than the amount set forth in subdivision (a) plus the amount set forth in subdivision (b), nor shall it require the state to expend more than the amount of the match set forth in subdivision (c).

(g) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department, without taking further regulatory action, shall implement this section by means of California Children’s Services numbered letters.

(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 733, Sec. 6. (SB 1477) Effective January 1, 2017.)