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CHAPTER 7.5. Protect Access to Health Care Act of 2024 [14199.100. - 14199.136.]

Chapter 7.5 added November 5, 2024, by initiative Proposition 35, Sec. 1.

§§ 14199.100–14199.136 · 44 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Title, Findings and Declarations, Statement of Purpose §§ 14199.100–14199.102 · 3 sections
    • § 14199.100 Title This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Protect Access to Health Care Act of 2024.
    • § 14199.101 Findings and Declarations The people of the State of California find and declare all of the following: (a) In 2019, Governor Newsom and the Legislature…
    • § 14199.102 Statement of Purpose In enacting this chapter, the purpose and intent of the people of the State of California is to do all of the following: (a) Increase…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Protect Access to Health Care Fund §§ 14199.103–14199.107 · 5 sections
    • § 14199.103 Creation of the Protect Access to Health Care Fund (a) (1) The Protect Access to Health Care Fund (fund) is hereby established in the State Treasury. (2)…
    • § 14199.104 Fund Oversight and Accountability (a) The people of the State of California hereby declare their unqualified intent for the moneys deposited into the fund to…
    • § 14199.105 Treatment of Moneys Deposited in and Expended from the Fund Notwithstanding any other law: (a) The fund, and every subfund, account, and subaccount within the…
    • § 14199.106 Administration (a) (1) The department shall be annually reimbursed from moneys in the Health Care Oversight & Accountability Subfund for actual and necessary…
    • § 14199.107 Nonsupplantation (a) (1) Except as otherwise specified in Article 4 (commencing with Section 14199.109), moneys in the fund shall not be used to replace or…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Deposit and Allocation of Moneys in the Fund §§ 14199.108–14199.108.5 · 3 sections
    • § 14199.108 Deposit and Allocation of Moneys Notwithstanding any other law: (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2025, all moneys annually derived from the tax imposed pursuant…
    • § 14199.108.3 Expenditures During Calendar Years 2025 and 2026 (a) During each of calendar year 2025 and calendar year 2026 only, and notwithstanding Section 13340 of the…
    • § 14199.108.5 Treatment of Increased or Supplemental Payments Increased or supplemental payments made pursuant to Sections 14199.108.3, 14199.109, 14199.110, 14199.110.5,…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Protecting Access to Health Care §§ 14199.109–14199.120.9 · 17 sections
    • § 14199.109 Primary Care Account (a) Moneys in the Primary Care Account shall be used for the purpose of providing Medi-Cal patients with increased access to quality…
    • § 14199.110 Specialty Care Account (a) Moneys in the Specialty Care Account shall be used for the purpose of increasing Medi-Cal patient access to specialty care services…
    • § 14199.110.5 Emergency Department Physicians Account (a) Moneys in the Emergency Department Physicians Account shall be used for the purpose of increasing reimbursements…
    • § 14199.111 Community Health Workers Account (a) The Community Health Workers Account is hereby created within the Improving Access to Health Care Subfund. Moneys in the…
    • § 14199.112 Outpatient and Clinic Access Account (a) Moneys in the Outpatient and Clinic Access Account shall be used for the purpose of increasing net reimbursements for…
    • § 14199.113 Family Planning Account (a) Moneys in the Family Planning Account shall be used for the purpose of expanding the scope and availability of family planning…
    • § 14199.114 Reproductive Health Account (a) Moneys in the Reproductive Health Account shall be used as set forth in this section. (b) The department shall, subject to the…
    • § 14199.115 Emergency Medical Transportation Account (a) Moneys in the Emergency Medical Transportation Account shall be used for the purpose of increased payments to…
    • § 14199.116 Emergency Department and Hospital Services Account (a) Moneys in the Emergency Department and Hospital Services Account shall be used for the purpose of…
    • § 14199.117 Designated Public Hospital Account (a) Moneys in the Designated Public Hospital Account shall be used for the purpose of sustaining and promoting access to…
    • § 14199.118 Affordable Prescription Drugs Account (a) The Affordable Prescription Drugs Account is hereby created within the Improving Access to Health Care Subfund.…
    • § 14199.119 Improving Mental Health Account (a) (1) Moneys in the Improving Mental Health Account shall be used for the purpose of expanding access to mental health…
    • § 14199.120 Health Care Workers Account (a) The department shall, subject to the stakeholder input requirements of Section 14199.121, use the moneys in the Health Care…
    • § 14199.120.5 Clinic Quality Account (a) Moneys in the Clinic Quality Account shall be used for the purpose of providing monetary incentives for clinics that demonstrate…
    • § 14199.120.6 Improved Dental Services Account (a) Moneys in the Improved Dental Services Account shall be used for the purpose of providing enhanced access to Medi-Cal…
    • § 14199.120.7 Health Care Workforce Loan Repayment Account (a) The Health Care Workforce Loan Repayment Account is hereby created within the Improving Access to Health Care…
    • § 14199.120.9 Medi-Cal Access and Support Account (a) Moneys in the Medi-Cal Access and Support Account shall be used as set forth in this section. (b) Moneys in this…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Input, Approvals, and Adjustments §§ 14199.121–14199.122 · 2 sections
    • § 14199.121 Stakeholder Input (a) (1) The department, or any other state government agency or entity that implements any part of this chapter, shall consult with, and…
    • § 14199.122 Implementation; Federal Financial Participation; Modifications and Adjustments Necessary for Federal Approval (a) The department shall seek any federal…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Continuation of Managed Care Organization Provider Tax §§ 14199.123–14199.127 · 5 sections
    • § 14199.123 Continued Imposition of Tax (a) It is the intent of the people of the State of California to permanently continue in existence a managed care organization…
    • § 14199.124 Implementation of Tax (a) In implementing the tax imposed by subdivision (b) of Section 14199.123, the department shall adhere to all of the following: (1) The…
    • § 14199.125 Tax Computation and Collection (a) Before each applicable calendar year or years, the department shall compute the annual tax liability for each taxpayer…
    • § 14199.126 Limits on Tax Amounts (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other law, and except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the tax…
    • § 14199.127 Operation (a) This article shall be inoperative during any portion of a calendar year for which the department does not obtain the necessary federal approvals…
  7. ARTICLE 7. Definitions § 14199.128 · 1 section
    • § 14199.128 Definitions For purposes of this chapter, as used in both the singular and plural form, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Abortion” has the same…
  8. ARTICLE 8. Stakeholder Advisory Committee §§ 14199.129–14199.133 · 5 sections
    • § 14199.129 Stakeholder Advisory Committee Established (a) The Protect Access to Health Care Act Stakeholder Advisory Committee is hereby established within the…
    • § 14199.130 Committee Membership (a) The committee shall be composed of 10 members as follows: (1) One member that represents both primary and specialty physicians on a…
    • § 14199.131 Committee Member Terms (a) Each appointing authority described in subdivision (b) of Section 14199.130 shall make their initial appointments not later than 30…
    • § 14199.132 Powers and Duties of the Committee (a) (1) The committee is advisory only and does not possess decisionmaking authority. The committee is established for the…
    • § 14199.133 Compensation Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for necessary expenses, subject to approval by the…
  9. ARTICLE 9. Amendments, Construction, Standing §§ 14199.134–14199.136 · 3 sections
    • § 14199.134 Amendment of Chapter (a) The Legislature may amend this chapter by a statute passed in each house of the Legislature by rollcall vote entered into the journal,…
    • § 14199.135 Construction of Chapter (a) Severability. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any portion, section, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, clause,…
    • § 14199.136 Standing to Defend Chapter Notwithstanding any other law, if the State of California or any of its officers or officials fail to defend the constitutionality…