{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-16990","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 16990","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) Any county receiving an allocation pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16930) shall, at a minimum, maintain a level of financial support of county funds for health services at least equal to the total of the amounts specified in this subdivision. The amounts specified in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted on July 1 of each year equal to the growth in the sales tax and vehicle license fees allocated to the trust fund accounts and the county general fund pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 17600) of Part 5.\nEach of the following counties shall maintain a realignment financial maintenance of effort according to the following schedule:\nJurisdiction Amount\nAlameda $ 62,950,138\nAlpine 150,781\nAmador 1,702,152\nButte 8,378,036\nCalaveras 1,286,374\nColusa 1,362,787\nContra Costa 31,188,063\nDel Norte 1,305,412\nEl Dorado 5,626,036\nFresno 32,555,212\nGlenn 1,368,045\nHumboldt 8,995,114\nImperial 8,526,220\nInyo 2,320,718\nKern 23,025,845\nKings 4,310,952\nLake 1,767,837\nLassen 1,555,628\nLos Angeles 510,082,064\nMadera 3,523,697\nMarin 11,349,537\nMariposa 766,751\nMendocino 2,782,024\nMerced 4,711,969\nModoc 939,453\nMono 1,673,165\nMonterey 11,816,218\nNapa 4,751,422\nNevada 2,669,976\nOrange 66,846,735\nPlacer 3,009,967\nPlumas 1,143,704\nRiverside 33,598,282\nSacramento 33,012,993\nSan Benito 1,601,614\nSan Bernardino 27,576,793\nSan Diego 49,373,333\nSan Francisco 106,622,954\nSan Joaquin 12,646,288\nSan Luis Obispo 5,888,487\nSan Mateo 21,788,027\nSanta Barbara 12,659,559\nSanta Clara 47,316,403\nSanta Cruz 8,373,710\nShasta 6,521,122\nSierra 327,339\nSiskiyou 2,401,825\nSolano 8,942,768\nSonoma 16,146,306\nStanislaus 13,403,954\nSutter 4,872,252\nTehama 3,257,915\nTrinity 1,599,409\nTulare 8,593,714\nTuolumne 2,525,076\nVentura 17,042,243\nYolo 4,396,875\nYuba 3,083,423\nTotal $1,278,014,696\n(2) A county may, upon notifying the department of the transfers authorized by this paragraph, reduce the level of financial maintenance of effort required of the county by paragraph (1) by the amount of the funds transferred from the Health Account pursuant to Section 17600.20.\n(b) For purposes of this section, if a county desires to use any of its allocation pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16930) for programs and costs not reported as part of the plan and budget required by Section 16800, the county, as a condition of using its allocation for these purposes, must maintain an amount of county funding for those programs and costs at least equal to the 1988–89 fiscal year levels.\n(c) Moneys received by a county under this chapter shall be accounted for as revenue in the plan and budget which is required pursuant to Section 16800 and shall not be used as county matching funds for any other program requiring a county match.\n(d) If a county fails to maintain financial maintenance of effort at least equal to the total of the amounts specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), the department shall recover funds allocated to the county under this part sufficient to bring the county into compliance with the financial maintenance of effort provisions. Funds shall be recovered proportionately from the Hospital Services Account, the Physician Services Account, and the Unallocated Account.\n(e) The participation fee specified in Section 16809.3 shall not be included in determining a county’s compliance with the maintenance of effort provisions of this section.\n(f) For the purposes of determining the level of financial support required for the 1991–92 fiscal year, the amounts specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be reduced to reflect shortfalls in revenue to local health and welfare trust fund health accounts due to shortfalls in receipts of sales tax revenue and county deposits required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 17608.10, compared to the amounts of these funds originally anticipated, as determined by the Director of Health Services.\n(g) For the purposes of determining the level of financial support required in the 1992–93 fiscal year, the amounts specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be reduced by 7 percent.\n(h) For the purposes of determining the level of financial support required in the 1993–94 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, the amounts specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be reduced to reflect shortfalls in revenue to local health and welfare trust fund health accounts due to shortfalls in receipts of sales tax revenue and county deposits required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 17608.10, compared to the amounts of these funds originally anticipated for the 1991–92 fiscal year, as determined by the Director of Health Services.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. 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