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HomeWelfare and Institutions CodeDiv. 9Pt. 5Ch. 6Art. 4§ 17603 Local Health Fund Allocations

§ 17603 Local Health Fund Allocations

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§ 17603 Local Health Fund Allocations

Key Takeaways

  • •This law is about how money from sales tax is shared with counties and cities for health and welfare programs.
  • •The money is shared based on a fixed list of percentages for each place, like how much Los Angeles gets vs. a smaller county.
  • •After 2013, some of this money started going to a special fund for family support, but no more than $300 million total.
  • •The way the money is split hasn’t changed much over the years—it mostly follows the same old rules.

Example

Imagine Los Angeles gets a big chunk of the sales tax money because it has a lot of people, while a small county like Alpine gets just a tiny bit.

The law says Los Angeles gets 37.2606% of the money, while Alpine only gets 0.0137%. This is because bigger places usually need more money for health and welfare programs.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 17603 Local Health Fund Allocations

(a) This subdivision only applies until the end of the 2012–13 fiscal year. On or before the 27th day of each month, the Controller shall allocate to the local health and welfare trust fund health accounts the amounts deposited and remaining unexpended and unreserved on the 15th day of the month in the Health Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account of the Local Revenue Fund, in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2): (1) For the 1991–92 fiscal year, allocations shall be made in accordance with the following schedule: Jurisdiction Allocation Percentage Alameda  ........................ 4.5046 Alpine  ........................ 0.0137 Amador  ........................ 0.1512 Butte  ........................ 0.8131 Calaveras  ........................ 0.1367 Colusa ........................ 0.1195 Contra Costa  ........................ 2.2386 Del Norte  ........................ 0.1340 El Dorado  ........................ 0.5228 Fresno  ........................ 2.3531 Glenn  ........................ 0.1391 Humboldt  ........................ 0.8929 Imperial  ........................ 0.8237 Inyo  ........................ 0.1869 Kern  ........................ 1.6362 Kings  ........................ 0.4084 Lake  ........................ 0.1752 Lassen  ........................ 0.1525 Los Angeles  ........................ 37.2606  Madera  ........................ 0.3656 Marin ........................ 1.0785 Mariposa  ........................ 0.0815 Mendocino  ........................ 0.2586 Merced  ........................ 0.4094 Modoc  ........................ 0.0923 Mono  ........................ 0.1342 Monterey  ........................ 0.8975 Napa  ........................ 0.4466 Nevada  ........................ 0.2734 Orange  ........................ 5.4304 Placer  ........................ 0.2806 Plumas  ........................ 0.1145 Riverside  ........................ 2.7867 Sacramento  ........................ 2.7497 San Benito  ........................ 0.1701 San Bernardino ........................ 2.4709 San Diego  ........................ 4.7771 San Francisco  ........................ 7.1450 San Joaquin  ........................ 1.0810 San Luis Obispo  ........................ 0.4811 San Mateo  ........................ 1.5937 Santa Barbara  ........................ 0.9418 Santa Clara  ........................ 3.6238 Santa Cruz  ........................ 0.6714 Shasta  ........................ 0.6732 Sierra  ........................ 0.0340 Siskiyou ........................ 0.2246 Solano  ........................ 0.9377 Sonoma  ........................ 1.6687 Stanislaus  ........................ 1.0509 Sutter  ........................ 0.4460 Tehama  ........................ 0.2986 Trinity  ........................ 0.1388 Tulare  ........................ 0.7485 Tuolumne  ........................ 0.2357 Ventura  ........................ 1.3658 Yolo  ........................ 0.3522 Yuba  ........................ 0.3076 Berkeley  ........................ 0.0692 Long Beach  ........................ 0.2918 Pasadena  ........................ 0.1385 (2) For the 1992–93 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter until the commencement of the 2013–14 fiscal year, the allocations to each county and city and county shall equal the amounts received in the prior fiscal year by each county, city, and city and county from the Sales Tax Account and the Sales Tax Growth Account of the Local Revenue Fund into the health and welfare trust fund. (b) (1) For the 2013–14 fiscal year, on the 27th day of each month, the Controller shall allocate, in the same proportion as funds in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) were allocated, to each county’s and city and county’s local health and welfare trust fund health accounts, the amounts deposited and remaining unexpended and unreserved on the 15th day of the month in the Health Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account of the Local Revenue Fund. (2) (A) Beginning January 2014 and for the remainder of the 2013–14 fiscal year, on or before the 27th day of each month, the Controller shall transfer to the Family Support Subaccount from the Health Subaccount amounts determined pursuant to a schedule prepared by the Department of Finance in consultation with the California State Association of Counties. Cumulatively, no more than three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be transferred. (B) Every month, after the transfers in subparagraph (A) have occurred, the remainder shall be allocated to the counties and cities and counties in the same proportions as funds in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) were allocated. (C) For counties participating in the County Medical Services Program, transfers from each county shall not be greater than the monthly amount the county would otherwise pay pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (j) of Section 16809 for participation in the County Medical Services Program. Any difference between the amount paid by these counties and the proportional share of the three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) calculated as payable by these counties and the County Medical Services Program shall be paid from the funds available for allocation to the County Medical Services Program in accordance with this code. (3) For the 2013–14 fiscal year, the Controller, using the same timing and criteria used in paragraph (1), shall allocate to each city, not to include a city and county, funds that shall equal the amounts received in the prior fiscal year by each city from the Sales Tax Account and the Sales Tax Growth Account of the Local Revenue Fund into the health and welfare trust fund. (c) (1) For the 2014–15 fiscal year and for every fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Finance, in consultation with the California State Association of Counties, shall calculate the amount each county or city and county shall contribute to the Family Support Subaccount in accordance with Section 17600.50. (2) On or before the 27th day of each month, the Controller shall transfer, based on a schedule prepared by the Department of Finance in consultation with the California State Association of Counties, from the funds deposited and remaining unexpended and unreserved on the 15th day of the month in the Health Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account of the Local Revenue Fund to the Family Support Subaccount, funds that equal, over the course of the year, the amount determined in paragraph (1) pursuant to a schedule provided by the Department of Finance. (3) After the transfer in paragraph (2) has occurred, the Controller shall allocate on or before the 27th day of each month to the Health Account in the local health and welfare trust fund of every county and city and county from a schedule prepared by the Department of Finance, in consultation with the California State Association of Counties, any funds remaining in the Health Account from the funds deposited and remaining unexpended and unreserved on the 15th day of the month in the Health Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account of the Local Revenue Fund. The schedule shall be prepared as the allocations would have been distributed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). (4) For the 2014–15 fiscal year and for every fiscal year thereafter, the Controller, using the same timing and criteria as had been used in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), shall allocate to each city, not to include a city and county, funds that equal the amounts received in the prior fiscal year by each city from the Sales Tax Account and the Sales Tax Growth Account of the Local Revenue Fund into the health and welfare trust fund. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 325. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

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Related Statutes

  • § 17601 Mental Health Fund Allocation
  • § 17608.10 Health Account Funding Requirements
  • § 17600.15 Sales Tax Revenue Allocation
  • § 17602 County Social Services Funding
  • § 17600 Local Revenue Fund Accounts

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Welfare and Institutions Code. Section 17603.
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