Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 21, Sec. 98. (AB 116) Effective June 30, 2025.
(a)The Medi-Cal Anti-Fraud Special Deposit Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
(b)All outstanding Medi-Cal payments intercepted by the State Controller’s Office at the direction of the department, as a result of a payment suspension imposed on a Medi-Cal provider pursuant to Section 14107.11, shall be deposited into the Medi-Cal Anti-Fraud Special Deposit Fund.
(c)All moneys deposited into the Medi-Cal Anti-Fraud Special Deposit Fund shall be continuously appropriated and allocated in accordance with subdivision (d), but shall remain in the fund until the department lifts the suspension pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 14107.11.
(d)Upon the lifting of a suspension, the department may return the intercepted Medi-Cal payments to the Medi-Cal provider or may offset the payments against any liabilities or restitution owed by the Medi-Cal provider to the department, including, but not limited to, any liabilities described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 14107.11.
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