14199.82. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 13, Sec. 2.)
(a)The Managed Care Enrollment Fund is hereby created in…#
(a) The Managed Care Enrollment Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
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(b) All revenues, less refunds, derived from the taxes provided for in this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Managed Care Enrollment Fund.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code, any interest and dividends earned on moneys in the Managed Care Enrollment Fund shall be retained in the fund and used solely for the purpose specified in subdivision (d).
(d) Funds deposited in the Managed Care Enrollment Fund pursuant to this article shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be available to the department for the purpose of funding all of the following subcomponents to support the Medi-Cal program:
(1) The nonfederal share of increased capitation payments to Medi-Cal managed care plans accounting for their projected tax obligation pursuant to this article for the applicable fiscal year or years.
(2) The nonfederal share of Medi-Cal managed care rates for health care services furnished to children, adults, seniors and persons with disabilities, and persons dually eligible for the Medi-Cal program and the Medicare Program.
(3) Transfers to the Medi-Cal Provider Payment Reserve Fund established pursuant to Section 14105.200.
(e) The department shall provide an annual report to all health plans accounting for the funds deposited in, and expended from, the Managed Care Enrollment Fund, in a time and manner as deemed appropriate by the director. The report shall identify the taxes imposed on each health plan pursuant to this article and shall provide an itemized accounting of expenditures from the fund.
(f) Effective December 31, 2023, the Health Care Services Special Fund in the State Treasury, created pursuant to Section 14199.62, is hereby abolished. All moneys in the fund or moneys designated to be deposited to the fund shall be transferred to the Managed Care Enrollment Fund created pursuant to subdivision (a). Any remaining balance, assets, liabilities, and encumbrances of the Health Care Services Special Fund as of December 31, 2023, shall be transferred to, and become part of, the Managed Care Enrollment Fund.
(g) Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller may use the funds in the Managed Care Enrollment Fund for cashflow loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code.