Section 14043.55.

(a) The department may implement a 180-day moratorium on the enrollment of providers in a specific provider of service category, on a statewide basis or within a geographic area, except that no moratorium shall be implemented on the enrollment of providers who are licensed as clinics under Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code, health facilities under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of the Health and Safety Code, clinics exempt from licensure under Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, or natural persons licensed or certified under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code, the Osteopathic Initiative Act, or the Chiropractic Initiative Act, when the director determines this action is necessary to safeguard public funds or to maintain the fiscal integrity of the program. This moratorium may be extended or repeated when the director determines this action is necessary to safeguard public funds or to maintain the fiscal integrity of the program. The authority granted in this section shall not be interpreted as a limitation on the authority granted to the department in Section 14105.3.

(b) This section shall become inoperative on the effective date of the necessary state plan amendment, as stated in the declaration executed by the director pursuant to Section 14043.55 as added by Section 19 of the act that added this subdivision, and is repealed on the January 1 of the following year. The department shall post the declaration on its Internet Web site and transmit a copy of the declaration to the Legislature.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 797, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2013. Inoperative January 1, 2013, pursuant to its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, pursuant to its own provisions. See later operative version added by Ch. 797.)