(a) Commencing in the 1998–99 fiscal year, the department shall release a request for allocation of funds for a period of three succeeding fiscal years. The request for allocation shall include specifications for the clinics to submit uniform data on uncompensated patient visits.
(b) Annual funding awards for a clinic provider in the second and third fiscal years of a three-year funding period shall be contingent upon the clinic’s satisfactory performance under the program, and upon the availability of sufficient funds appropriated by the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 883, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.)