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SECTION 14167.41
14167.41. (a) Effective January 1, 2011, there shall be imposed, pursuant to subdivision (b), a quality assurance fee in a manner necessary to obtain federal Medicaid matching funds that shall be due and payable to the department by each general acute care hospital at the rate of twenty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($27.25) per managed care day, as defined by the department, for the purpose of making Medi-Cal payments to hospitals. (b) The quality assurance fee required by this article shall be imposed pursuant to the authority of a subsequent statute enacted to take effect on or after January 1, 2011, that also does both of the following: (1) Establishes how the revenue from the quality assurance fee on managed care days required by this article is apportioned among hospitals. (2) Imposes a quality assurance fee for all other applicable hospital days. (c) The subsequent statute described in subdivision (b) shall provide for a supplemental payment for Medi-Cal managed care inpatient days that shall not be less than the supplemental per diem rate for Medi-Cal managed care inpatient days set forth in Article 5.21 (commencing with Section 14167.1). (d) This article shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, all necessary federal approvals have been obtained. (e) This article shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, no increased cost to the General Fund results from implementation of this article.
