California Code, Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 14166.225

(c)(1) Notwithstanding Section 14166.22and any other provision of this article, the department shall increase federal claiming from the safety net care pool for the state-funded programs listed in subdivision (a) of Section 14166.22 above the amount necessary to maintain stabilization funding to private hospitals, nondesignated public hospitals, and distressed hospitals pursuant to Section 14166.20, by an amount equivalent to the reduction made pursuant to subdivision (b), but only to the extent that the state-only funded programs have sufficient costs available for the claiming of federal funds from the safety net care pool.

(2) If necessary to reach the full amount of the reduction set forth in subdivision (b), the department may increase federal claiming from the safety net care pool for the state-funded programs listed in subdivision (a) of Section 14166.22 for fiscal years prior to the 2009-10 fiscal year, but only to the extent that the state-only funded programs have sufficient costs available in fiscal years prior to the 2009-10 fiscal year that were not previously the basis for claiming federal funds.