California Code, Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 14166.1

(a) “Allowable costs” means those costs recognized as allowable under Medicare reasonable cost principles and additional costs recognized under the demonstration project and successor demonstration project, including those expenditures identified in Appendix D to the Special Terms and Conditions for the demonstration project and successor demonstration project. Allowable costs under this subdivision shall be determined in accordance with the Special Terms and Conditions and implementation documents for the demonstration project and successor demonstration project approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

(b) “Base year private DSH hospital” means a nonpublic hospital, nonpublic-converted hospital, or converted hospital, as those terms are defined in paragraphs (26), (27), and (28), respectively, of subdivision (a) of Section 14105.98, that was an eligible hospital under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 14105.98 for the 2004-05 state fiscal year.

(c) “Demonstration project” means the Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration, Number 11-W-00193/9, as approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, effective for the period of September 1, 2005, through October 31, 2010.

(d) “Designated public hospital” means any one of the following hospitals to the extent identified in Attachment C, “Government-operated Hospitals to be Reimbursed on a Certified Public Expenditure Basis,” to the Special Terms and Conditions for the demonstration project and successor demonstration project, as applicable, issued by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:

(e) “Federal medical assistance percentage” means the federal medical assistance percentage applicable for federal financial participation purposes for medical services under the Medi-Cal state plan pursuant to Section 1396b(a) of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(f) “Nondesignated public hospital” means a public hospital defined in paragraph (25) of subdivision (a) of Section 14105.98, excluding designated public hospitals.

(g) “Project year” means the applicable state fiscal year of the Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration Project through October 31, 2010.

(h) “Project year private DSH hospital” means a nonpublic hospital, nonpublic-converted hospital, or converted hospital, as those terms are defined in paragraphs (26), (27), and (28), respectively, of subdivision (a) of Section 14105.98, that was an eligible hospital under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 14105.98, for the particular project year.

(i) “Prior supplemental funds” means the Emergency Services and Supplemental Payments Fund, the Medi-Cal Medical Education Supplemental Payment Fund, the Large Teaching Emphasis Hospital and Children's Hospital Medi-Cal Medical Education Supplemental Payment Fund, and the Small and Rural Hospital Supplemental Payments Fund, established under Sections 14085.6, 14085.7, 14085.8, and 14085.9, respectively.

(j) “Private hospital” means a nonpublic hospital, nonpublic-converted hospital, or converted hospital, as those terms are defined in paragraphs (26) to (28), inclusive, respectively, of subdivision (a) of Section 14105.98.

(k) “Safety net care pool” means the federal funds available under the Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration Project and the successor demonstration project to ensure continued government support for the provision of health care services to uninsured populations.

(l) “Uninsured” shall have the same meaning as that term has in the Special Terms and Conditions issued by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the demonstration project and the successor demonstration project.

(m) “Successor demonstration project” means the Medicaid demonstration project entitled “California's Bridge to Reform,” No. 11-W-00193/9, as approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, effective for the period of November 1, 2010, through October 31, 2015.

(n) “Successor demonstration year” means the demonstration year as identified in the Special Terms and Conditions for the successor demonstration project that corresponds to a specific period of time as follows:

(o) “Low Income Health Program” means the county-based elective program to provide benefits for low-income individuals that is authorized by the successor demonstration project and implemented by Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 15909).

(p) “Delivery system reform incentive pool” means the separate federal funding pool created within the safety net care pool under the successor demonstration project that is available to support programs of activity to enhance the quality of care and health of patients served by designated public hospitals and nonhospital clinics and other provider types with which they are affiliated, and, under specified conditions and approval of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to private disproportionate share hospitals and nondesignated public hospitals.