The department shall award funding appropriated for purposes of this article, on a competitive basis, to any nonprofit children’s hospitals, as defined in Section 10727 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and other hospitals that operate at least 10 special care centers, as certified by the California Childrens’ Services Program.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 93, Sec. 30. Effective July 7, 2000.)