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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC |
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Division 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES |
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Part 5. INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL DISEASE |
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Chapter 1. General Provisions |
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ARTICLE 3. Procedures for the Transfer of Responsibility from the State to the Counties |
Section 5912.
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(a) As long as contracts require institutions for mental disease to continue to be licensed and certified as skilled nursing facilities by the State Department of Public Health, they shall be reimbursed for basic services at the rate established by the State Department of Health Care Services. Except as provided in this section, reimbursement rates for services in institutions for mental disease shall be the same as the rates in effect on July 31, 2004. Effective July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2008, the reimbursement rate for institutions for mental disease shall increase by 6.5 percent annually. Effective July 1, 2008, the reimbursement rate for institutions for mental disease shall increase by 4.7 percent annually.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2012, inclusive, the reimbursement rate for services in institutions for mental disease that are licensed and certified as skilled nursing facilities shall be the same as the rates in effect on July 1, 2009.