(a) The State Department of State Hospitals may request a loan from the General Fund in an amount that shall not exceed one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for the purposes of meeting cashflow needs in its state hospital operations due to delays in the receipt of reimbursements from counties.
(b) The Controller shall liquidate any loan, in accordance with Section 16314 of the Government Code, from the next available deposits into the State Hospital Account in the Mental Health Facilities Fund.
(c) If a loan remains outstanding at the end of any fiscal year, the State Department of State Hospitals shall determine the amount of the loan attributable to a shortfall in payments by counties against the amount due in Schedule B in the 1991–92 fiscal year or the contract amount for beds purchased in each subsequent fiscal year. The State Department of State Hospitals shall determine any amounts due to counties pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 4330. The State Department of State Hospitals shall invoice each county for any outstanding balance. Sixty days after an invoice has been provided and upon notice to the Controller by the State Department of State Hospitals, the Controller shall collect an amount from the county’s allocation to the mental health account of the local health and welfare trust fund that is sufficient to pay any outstanding balance of the invoice. If these amounts do not provide sufficient funds to repay the outstanding loan, the Controller shall liquidate the balance from the next available deposits into the Mental Health Subaccount in the Sales Tax Account in the Local Revenue Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 205. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)