Welfare and Institutions Code § 14620

Authority to implement negotiated hospital rates after the completion of the pilot study and after June 30, 1983, shall be contingent on both of the following:

(a) A special Budget Act item, following the submission by the State Department of Health Services of a final report which evaluates the results of the projects conducted under the provisions of this article.

(b) Enactment of legislation specifying the negotiated hospital rate program.