Welfare and Institutions Code § 14169.9

ARTICLE 5.228. Medi-Cal Hospital Provider Rate Improvement Act of 2011

Current as of September 28, 2026Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14169.9Official source ↗Ask about this

Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 286, Sec. 7. (SB 335) Effective September 16, 2011. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Sections 14169.13 (subd. (c), para. (1)) and 14169.40, or on date prescribed in Section 14169.16. Repealed on or after January 1, 2015, as provided in Section 14169.16.

The payments to a hospital under this article shall not be made for any portion of a subject fiscal year during which the hospital is closed. A hospital shall be deemed to be closed on the first day of any period during which the hospital has no acute inpatients for at least 30 consecutive days. Payments under this article to a hospital that is closed during any portion of a subject fiscal year shall be reduced by applying a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which shall be the number of days during the applicable subject fiscal year that the hospital is closed and the denominator of which shall be 365.