Health & Saf. Code, § 130207

(a) Effective July 1, 2021, the Center for Data Insights and Innovation Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in the fund shall be made available for the purpose of this division. Any moneys in the fund that are unexpended or unencumbered at the end of the fiscal year may be carried forward to the next succeeding fiscal year.

(b) The Center for Data Insights and Innovation Fund is the successor fund to the Office of Health Information Integrity Trust Fund. All the assets and liabilities of the Office of Health Information Integrity Trust Fund shall become assets and liabilities of the Center for Data Insights and Innovation Fund upon establishment of the Center for Data Insights and Innovation Fund.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code, all interest earned on moneys that have been deposited in the fund shall be retained in the fund and used for purposes consistent with this division.

(d) The fund shall be administered by the director and moneys in the fund shall be used to pay all costs arising from the implementation of this division and rendering services to state entities as required by this division, including, but not limited to, employment and compensation of necessary personnel and expenses, such as operating and other expenses of the center and costs associated with technical assistance, and to establish reserves. At the discretion of the director, segregated, dedicated accounts within the fund may be established.

(e) The fund shall consist of all of the following:

(1) Moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature for the purposes of this division.

(2) All revenues received from the services provided for in this division.

(3) Any other moneys that may be made available to the center from any other source, including, but not limited to, the return from investments of moneys by the Treasurer and funds received pursuant to subdivision (g).

(f) The center may collect fee-for-service payments from a nonstate entity for services provided to the nonstate entity by the State Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects.

(g) The center may also solicit funding in any of the following ways:

(1) The center may apply to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services for federal grants.

(2) To the extent permitted by federal law, the center may seek federal financial participation for assisting beneficiaries of the Medi-Cal program.