Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 52507 - Professional Liability Insurance Costs

(a) The Department shall calculate costs for professional liability insurance by dividing professional liability insurance costs by total resident days.

(b) The benchmark for the professional liability insurance cost rate component, including insurance deductible costs, shall be the 75th percentile of each peer group.

(c) Facilities shall report supplemental data on an annual basis as specified under 52500(b), otherwise insurance deductible costs shall continue to be reimbursed within the administrative costs category.

(d) The Department shall determine the rate component for each facility either at actual inflated cost or the benchmark for its peer group, whichever is lower.

(e) Each facility's professional liability insurance costs shall be adjusted by the California Consumer Price Index for All-Urban Consumers from the mid-point of the cost reporting period to the mid-point of the rate year.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 52507

1. New section filed 1-10-2011 as an emergency; operative 1-18-2011 (Register 2011, No. 2). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-18-2011 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. Any rules issued by provider bulletin by the Department of Health Care Services that are covered by or inconsistent with these emergency regulations are superseded as of the effective date of these emergency regulations.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 1-10-2011 order, including amendment of section and NOTE, transmitted to OAL 4-5-2011 and filed 5-17-2011 (Register 2011, No. 20).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 20, 1324.20, 1324.21 and 1324.23, Health and Safety Code; and Sections 10725, 14105, 14124.5 and 14126.027, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 14105, 14109.5, 14110.1, 14110.6, 14132, 14170 and 14171, Welfare and Institutions Code.

1. New section filed 1-10-2011 as an emergency; operative 1-18-2011 (Register 2011, No. 2). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-18-2011 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. Any rules issued by provider bulletin by the Department of Health Care Services that are covered by or inconsistent with these emergency regulations are superseded as of the effective date of these emergency regulations.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 1-10-2011 order, including amendment of section and Note, transmitted to OAL 4-5-2011 and filed 5-17-2011 (Register 2011, No. 20).