Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code § 18916
18916
Effective Jun 30, 2022Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 47, Sec. 52. (SB 184) Effective June 30, 2022. Inoperative on date prescribed in Section 18917. Repealed pursuant to Section 18917, on December 1 following the inoperative date.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money transferred to the Suicide Prevention Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund shall be continuously appropriated and allocated as follows:
- (1) To the Franchise Tax Board, the Controller, and the State Department of Health Care Services for reimbursement of all costs incurred by the Franchise Tax Board, the Controller, and the State Department of Health Care Services in connection with their duties under this article.
- (2) To the State Department of Health Care Services for disbursement to crisis centers located in the state that are active members of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, with priority given to those crisis centers located in rural and desert communities.
- (b) For purposes of implementing this article, the State Department of Health Care Services may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, or amend existing contracts, on a bid or negotiated basis. Contracts entered into or amended pursuant to this section are exempt from Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, Section 19130 of the Government Code, and Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, and from the State Administrative Manual and the State Contracting Manual, and are exempt from the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
- (c) Money in the Suicide Prevention Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund shall not be used to supplant state General Fund money for any purpose or to supplant state administrative funding pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 5892 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.