(

a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum aid payment in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (

a) of

Section as reduced by subdivisions (

a) and (

b) of

Section 11450.01,

Section 11450.015, and

Section 11450.017, shall be reduced by 4.9 percent for counties in Region 2, as specified in

Section 11452.018. (

b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, through October 31, 1998, the maximum aid payment in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (

a) of

Section 11450, as reduced by subdivision (

a) and (

b) of

Section 11450.01,

Section 11450.015,

Section 11450.017, and subdivision (

a) shall be reduced by 4.9 percent. (

c) Prior to implementing the reductions specified in subdivisions (

a) and (b), the director shall apply for and obtain a waiver from the United States Department of Health and Human Services of

Section 1396a(c)(1) of Title of the United States Code. The reduction shall be implemented to the extent the waiver is granted and only so long as the waiver is effective. This subdivision shall not apply if either the federal waiver process set forth at

Section of Title of the United States Code or

Section 1396a(

c) is repealed or modified such that a waiver is not necessary to implement subdivision (

a) or (b). (

d) This

section shall become operative and the reductions specified in subdivisions (

a) and (

b) shall commence on the first day of the month following days after the receipt of federal approval or on the first day of the month following days after a change in federal law that allows states to reduce aid payments without any risk to federal funding under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, whichever is earlier, but no earlier than October 1, 1995.