(a) The department shall deposit all payments received pursuant to Sections 130406 and 130410 into the Golden Bear State Pharmacy Assistance Program Rebate Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the department without regard to fiscal years for the purpose of paying rebates pursuant to Section 130405 and for defraying the costs of administering this division. Notwithstanding any other law, no money in the fund is available for expenditure for any other purpose or for loaning or transferring to any other fund, including the General Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 542, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2003.)