California Code of Regulations
Title 4 - Business Regulations
Division 10 - California Health Facilities Financing Authority
Chapter 6 - Lifeline Grant Program
Section 7213 - Definitions

(a) "Act" means the Clinic Lifeline Act of 2017, as codified in Section 15438.11 of the Government Code.

(b) "Applicant" means an entity that meets the eligibility requirement as further described in Section 7214 for submission of an Application and submits an Application.

(c) "Application" means the written request for a Grant under the Lifeline Grant Program in the form and format of the Lifeline Grant Program Application Form No. CHFFA 8 LGP-01 (Rev.07/2018), hereby incorporated by reference, including all supporting information and documents, as further described in Section 7216.

(d) "Authority" means the California Health Facilities Financing Authority.

(e) "Authority Staff" means employees of the Authority.

(f) "Central/Coast Region" means the counties of Mendocino, Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and San Francisco.

(g) "Completed Application" means the Applicant has submitted and the Authority has received all required materials, including the Application and all supporting information and documents to commit the Health Facility to the conditions of the Grant Agreement.

(h) "Executive Director" means the executive director of the Authority.

(i) "Federal Poverty Level" means the measure of income issued every year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

(j) "Federal Trigger" means any federal executive, administrative or legislative action or inaction that impacts any reimbursement or eligibility for participation in any federal program or initiative.

(k) "Federally Qualified Health Center" means community-based health care providers that receive funds from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Center Program to provide primary care services in underserved areas.

(l) "Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike" means health centers that have been certified by the federal government as meeting all the Federally Qualified Health Center program requirements, but do not receive funding under the program.

(m) "Final Allocation" means the Grant amount approved by the Authority.

(n) "Grant" means a Final Allocation approved by the Authority.

(o) "Grant Agreement" means a written agreement between the Authority and a Grantee that consists of the terms and conditions of the Grant.

(p) "Grant Period" means the time period from the date of Final Allocation to the date set by the Authority for the Grant to end.

(q) "Grantee" means a Health Facility that has been awarded or designated to receive Grant funds.

(r) "Health Facility" or "Facility" means a health facility as defined in Government Code Section 15432, subdivision (d).

(s) "Initial Allocation" means the Grant amount the Authority Staff recommends the Authority approve for Final Allocation as further described in Section 7222.

(t) "Los Angeles/Ventura Region" means the counties of Los Angeles and Ventura.

(u) "Medical Health Services" means the services provided by a Health Facility to persons for prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of illness or injury limited to reproductive services, family planning, sexual health services such as testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, geriatric services, or chronic disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

(v) "Northern/Central Region" means the counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity, Shasta, Modoc, Lassen, Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Plumas, Sierra, Yuba, Sutter, Lake, Colusa, Yolo, Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mono, Mariposa, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo.

(w) "Rural Medical Service Study Area" means an area defined by the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission as having a population density of less than 250 persons per square mile. A population center, which is an area within an individual county that is most densely populated, may not exceed 50,000 persons. A Rural Medical Service Study Area includes a Frontier Medical Service Study Area defined by the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission as having a population density of less than 11 persons per square mile.

(x) "Southern Region" means the counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Kern, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial.

(y) "Vulnerable Populations" means Indigent Populations, Underinsured Populations, Uninsured Populations, Underserved Populations, or Undocumented Immigrant Populations.

(z) "Working Capital" means working capital as defined in Government Code Section 15432, subdivision (h).

(aa) "Indigent Populations" means those that do not have health insurance and are not eligible for other health insurance coverage such as Medicaid, Medicare, or private health insurance; or those whose health insurance does not provide full coverage for all of their medical expenses and their medical expenses, in relationship to their income, would make them indigent if they were forced to pay full charges for their medical expenses.

(bb) "Underinsured Populations" means those having partial health insurance coverage and required to self-pay or pay on a sliding scale for all or part of their health care services not provided by their health insurance program or plan.

(cc) "Uninsured Populations" means those who have no health insurance.

(dd) "Underserved Populations" means those residing in one of the following areas:

(ee) "Undocumented Immigrant Populations" means those individuals who are foreign-born and do not have a legal right to be in or remain in the United States.