Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4431 · Part 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4431
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Charges made by the department for the care and treatment of each patient in a facility maintained by the department shall not exceed the actual cost thereof as determined by the director in accordance with standard accounting practices. The director is not prohibited from including the amount of expenditures for capital outlay or the interest thereon, or both, in his determination of actual cost.
As used in this section, the terms “care” and “care and treatment” include care, treatment, support, maintenance, and other services rendered by the department to a patient in the state hospital or other facility maintained by or under the jurisdiction of the department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.
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