The department shall make disbursements from the fund consistent with the following:
(a) Fund disbursements shall be made periodically within 15 days of each date on which quality assurance fees are due from hospitals.
(b) The funds shall be disbursed in accordance with the order of priority set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 14169.53, except that funds may be set aside for increased capitation payments to managed care health plans pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 14169.56.
(c) The funds shall be disbursed in each payment cycle in accordance with the order of priority set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 14169.53 as modified by subdivision (b), and so that the supplemental payments and direct grants to hospitals and the increased capitation payments to managed health care plans are made to the maximum extent for which funds are available.
(d) To the maximum extent possible, consistent with the availability of funds in the fund and the timing of federal approvals, the supplemental payments and direct grants to hospitals and increased capitation payments to managed health care plans under this article shall be made before the last day of a program period.
(e) The aggregate amount of funds to be disbursed to private hospitals shall be determined under Sections 14169.54 and 14169.55. The aggregate amount of funds to be disbursed to managed health care plans shall be determined under Section 14169.56. The aggregate amount of direct grants to designated and nondesignated public hospitals shall be determined under Section 14169.58.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 442, Sec. 36. (SB 1465) Effective September 18, 2014. Inoperative on date prescribed in Section 14169.72. Repealed on January 1 after inoperative date, pursuant to Section 14169.76. Note: See Section 3.5 of Article XVI of the Constitution, which was added on Nov. 8, 2016, by initiative Proposition 52. This section was added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 657 (SB 239).)
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