10301. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260.)

(a) The department shall develop a plan and procedures for the allocation of expansion funding balances resulting from the pro rata allocation of expansion for the partial year operations of new agencies.

(b) A plan shall provide for the distribution of such funds among provider agencies whose enrollments include children with special needs and shall limit provider agencies’ use of these funds to the purchase of department-approved equipment or materials or one-time-only services, or any of them, that will directly benefit the children with special needs.