Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16940 · Article 1. General
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16940
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The department shall, each fiscal year, determine the percentage of moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter. For the 1989–90 fiscal year, these percentages shall be 59.5 percent from the Hospital Services Account, 12.2 percent from the Physician Services Account, and 28.3 percent from the Unallocated Account. These percentages shall be applied as specified in this chapter.
(b) (1) There is, in the County Health Services Fund, the California Health Care for the Indigent Program Account.
(2) For purposes of this chapter, “CHIP Account” means the account created by this section.
(3) The following amounts shall be deposited in the CHIP Account:
(A) Moneys appropriated for the purpose of this chapter.
(B) Any moneys appropriated by the Legislature to the CHIP Account.
(c) Moneys deposited in the CHIP Account shall be administered on an accrual basis and notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in this chapter, shall not be transferred to any other fund or account except for purposes of investment as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 16470) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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History
Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1331, Sec. 9. Effective October 2, 1989.
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