2019 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT
CHAPTER 11 - State Ombudsman
ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions
Section 9719.5.
(a) (1) The department shall allocate all federal and state funds for local ombudsman programs according to the following distribution, but shall not allocate less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per fiscal year.
(2) After the base allocation, remaining funds shall be distributed in accordance with subdivision (b).
(b) (1) Fifty percent of the funds shall be allocated to each local program based on the number of facilities served by the program in proportion to the total number of facilities in the state.
(2) Forty percent of the funds shall be allocated based on the number of beds within the local program’s area of service in proportion to the total number of beds in the state.
(3) Ten percent of the funds shall be allocated based on the total square miles within each local program’s area of service in proportion to the total number of square miles in the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 35, Sec. 9. (AB 1811) Effective June 27, 2018.)
