CA AB3017

Allows qualified medical supplies providers (pharmacies and durable medical equipment providers enrolled in Medi-Cal) to file claims for repayment of sales taxes paid on medical supplies furnished to Medi-Cal beneficiaries between June 1, 2011, and November 1, 2013.

Defines "qualified repayment" as the amount of sales tax reimbursement that providers paid back to the State Department of Health Care Services due to retroactive Medi-Cal payment reductions under Chapter 3 of the Statutes of 2011, minus any amounts previously refunded or credited.

Requires the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to process claims and provide the Controller with repayment amounts by March 1, 2020; total repayments cannot exceed the aggregate amount previously paid to the State Department of Health Care Services.

Appropriates necessary funds from the General Fund to make qualified repayments on a pro rata basis if total claims exceed available funding.

Takes effect immediately as an urgency statute to protect the financial solvency of affected medical supplies providers serving vulnerable Californians.