(a) For the purposes of this section, “Los Medanos site,” means the site of the former Los Medanos Medical Center.

(b) Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center may construct or renovate, or both, at the former Los Medanos site, and the construction or renovation, or both, may be considered eligible for supplemental reimbursement under Section 14085.5, if the Los Medanos site meets both of the following conditions:

(1) The site is owned or leased, and operated, by Contra Costa County.

(2) The site is consolidated under the Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center general acute care license.

(c) Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center shall qualify to receive supplemental reimbursement for revised final plans for construction or renovation, or both, submitted to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development on or before November 30, 1998, for the Los Medanos site, and shall qualify for supplemental reimbursement under Section 14085.5 for the revised capital project if the revised capital project continues to meet the requirements for eligibility specified in Section 14085.5, as modified by this section.

(d) The revised final plans may provide for a capital project with one or more of the following variations from the original capital project plan submission:

(1) Total revision or reconfiguration, or a reduction in size and scope.

(2) Modifications necessary to comply with current seismic safety standards.

(3) Expansion of outpatient service facilities.

(4) Modifications to the foundation, structural frame, and building exterior shell, commonly known as the shell and core.

(e) For purposes of calculating supplemental reimbursement pursuant to Section 14085.5 for a revised capital project complying with this section, the initial Medi-Cal inpatient utilization rate shall be that which is determined at the time of submission of the revised capital project plan.

(f) For purposes of determining supplemental reimbursement under Section 14085.5 for a revised capital project complying with this section, supplemental reimbursement shall be based on actual costs of the revised capital project eligible for reimbursement under Section 14085.5. However, in no event shall the revised capital project costs be considered eligible for supplemental reimbursement for the construction or renovation, or both, of the Los Medanos site if these costs exceed eight million five hundred ten thousand dollars ($8,510,000).

(g) Supplemental reimbursement paid under this section for construction shall not duplicate any reimbursement received by the Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center for services provided at the Los Medanos site.

(h) Subject to subdivisions (g) and (h) of Section 14085.5, Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center shall receive supplemental reimbursement under this section for debt service associated with the revised capital project over the lesser of the following periods:

(1) The life of the revenue bonds.

(2) The period during which the Los Medanos site is either leased or owned by Contra Costa County.

(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 846, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)