(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the authority for the State Department of Health Care Services to make value-based payments pursuant to this article shall be suspended for payments associated with service periods on or after July 1, 2021, unless the conditions in either subdivision (b) or (d) apply.
(b) The suspension provided for in subdivision (a) shall not take effect if the estimates of General Fund revenues and expenditures for the 2021–22 and 2022–23 fiscal years, as determined pursuant to Section 12.5 of Article IV of the California Constitution that accompany the May Revision required to be released by May 14, 2021, pursuant to Section 13308 of the Government Code, contain estimated annual General Fund revenues that exceed estimated annual General Fund expenditures for the 2021–22 and 2022–23 fiscal years, by an amount equal to or greater than the sum total of all General Fund appropriations for all programs subject to suspension pursuant to this act and all bills providing for appropriations related to this act.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to consider alternative solutions to restore this program if the suspension takes effect.
(d) (1) The suspensions pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be implemented only to the extent that the State Department of Health Care Services obtains any necessary federal approvals, determines that federal financial participation for the Medi-Cal program is not otherwise jeopardized as a result of the suspensions, and the necessary system changes have been completed.
(2) In the event federal approval is not available for any such suspension, or if any such suspensions are held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, the department shall implement the remaining suspensions for which any necessary federal approvals are obtained.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 12, Sec. 67. (AB 80) Effective June 29, 2020.)