{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-14126.021","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 14126.021","heading":"","body":"The department shall develop and implement a cost-based reimbursement rate methodology using the cost categories as described in Section 14126.023, for freestanding nursing facilities pursuant to this article, excluding nursing facilities that are a distinct part of a facility that is licensed as a general acute care hospital as identified pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 14126.02. The cost-based reimbursement rate methodology shall be effective on August 1, 2005, and shall be implemented on the first day of the month following federal approval.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE [11000. - 15771.]","CHAPTER 7. Basic Health Care [14000. - 14199.97.]","ARTICLE 3.8. Medi-Cal Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act [14126. - 14126.036.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"16d9c16a2d9d238321a3f647c3f3a0baa78dd975f6787dfda0951f41e15ca970","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-14126.02","next":"us-ca/wic-14126.023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}