(a) There is hereby continued in existence in the State Treasury a special fund known as the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund that is, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, continuously appropriated to the department for the purposes specified in Section 15894, Section 10127.16 of the Insurance Code, and Section 1373.622 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Funds may be deposited in the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund from one or more of the following accounts in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund:
(1) The Hospital Services Account.
(2) The Physician Services Account.
(3) The Unallocated Account.
(c) Effective July 1, 2017, the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund in the State Treasury is abolished and all moneys in the fund shall be transferred to the Health Care Services Plan Fines and Penalties Fund created pursuant to subdivision (d). Any remaining balance, assets, liabilities, and encumbrances of the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund as of July 1, 2017, shall be transferred to, and become part of, the Health Care Services Plan Fines and Penalties Fund.
(d) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund known as the Health Care Services Plan Fines and Penalties Fund that is, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, continuously appropriated to the department for the purposes specified in Section 15894, Section 10127.16 of the Insurance Code, and Section 1373.622 of the Health and Safety Code.
(e) Any law that refers to the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund, including, but not limited to, a reference in this chapter to the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund or the “fund,” shall be construed to refer to the Health Care Services Plan Fines and Penalties Fund, effective July 1, 2017.
(f) Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller may use the funds in the Health Care Services Plan Fines and Penalties Fund for cash flow loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 52, Sec. 79. (SB 97) Effective July 10, 2017.)