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1 1 HOUSE FILE 763
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOSPITAL TRUST FUND,
1 5 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PROVIDING FOR RETROACTIVE
1 6 APPLICABILITY.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 DIVISION I
1 11 TITLE AND FINDINGS
1 12 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 249I.1 TITLE.
1 13 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Iowa
1 14 Hospital Trust Fund".
1 15 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 249I.2 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS –
1 16 GOAL.
1 17 1. The general assembly finds that:
1 18 a. The preservation, improvement, and coordination of the
1 19 health care infrastructure of Iowa is critical to the health
1 20 and safety of Iowans.
1 21 b. Iowa hospital providers are a vital and critical
1 22 component of Iowa's health care and economic infrastructure.
1 23 c. An increasing number of Iowans are eligible for and
1 24 enrolled in Iowa's medical assistance program.
1 25 2. The goal of the trust fund is to provide a continuing
1 26 source of funding to ensure the state's ability to support the
1 27 labor force, infrastructure, technology needs, and other
1 28 elements of the hospital system.
1 29 DIVISION II
1 30 IOWA HOSPITAL TRUST FUND
1 31 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 249I.3 DEFINITIONS.
1 32 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
1 33 provides:
1 34 1. "Department" means the department of human services.
1 35 2. "Director" means the director of human services.
2 1 3. "Hospital" means hospital as defined in section 135B.1.
2 2 4. "Hospital trust fund" means the fund created in this
2 3 chapter to secure funds based on hospital inpatient and
2 4 outpatient prospective payment methodologies under the medical
2 5 assistance program.
2 6 5. "Public hospital" means a hospital licensed pursuant to
2 7 chapter 135B and governed pursuant to chapter 145A, 347, 347A,
2 8 or 392.
2 9 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 249I.4 HOSPITAL TRUST FUND –
2 10 CREATED – APPROPRIATIONS.
2 11 1. A hospital trust fund is created in the state treasury
2 12 under the authority of the department of human services.
2 13 Moneys received through agreements for the trust fund and
2 14 moneys received from sources, including grants, contributions,
2 15 and participant payments, shall be deposited in the trust
2 16 fund.
2 17 2. Moneys deposited in the trust fund shall be used only
2 18 as provided in appropriations from the trust fund to the
2 19 department for the purposes specified in the appropriation.
2 20 3. The trust fund shall be separate from the general fund
2 21 of the state and shall not be considered part of the general
2 22 fund of the state. The moneys in the trust fund shall not be
2 23 considered revenue of the state, but rather shall be funds of
2 24 the trust fund. The moneys in the trust fund are not subject
2 25 to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated,
2 26 appropriated, or otherwise encumbered, except to provide for
2 27 the purposes of this chapter. Notwithstanding section 12C.7,
2 28 subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the
2 29 trust fund shall be credited to the trust fund.
2 30 4. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
2 31 17A to administer the trust fund and to establish procedures
2 32 for participation by public hospitals.
2 33 5. The treasurer of state shall provide a quarterly report
2 34 of trust fund activities and balances to the director.
2 35 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 249I.6 STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.
3 1 The director shall amend the state medical assistance plan
3 2 as necessary to implement this chapter.
3 3 Sec. 6. EMERGENCY RULES.
3 4 1. The department of human services may adopt emergency
3 5 rules to implement this Act.
3 6 2. If the department of human services adopts emergency
3 7 rules under section 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5,
3 8 subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement this Act, the rules
3 9 shall become effective immediately upon filing, unless a later
3 10 effective date is specified in the rules. Any rules adopted
3 11 in accordance with the provisions of this section shall also
3 12 be published as notice of intended action as provided in
3 13 section 17A.4.
3 14 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
3 15 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
3 16 Sec. 8. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The section in this
3 17 Act that creates section 249I.4 as it relates to receipt of
3 18 funding, is retroactively applicable to October 1, 2001.
3 19
3 20
3 21
3 22 BRENT SIEGRIST
3 23 Speaker of the House
3 24
3 25
3 26
3 27 MARY E. KRAMER
3 28 President of the Senate
3 29
3 30 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
3 31 is known as House File 763, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
3 32
3 33
3 34
3 35 MARGARET THOMSON
4 1 Chief Clerk of the House
4 2 Approved , 2001
4 3
4 4
4 5
4 6 THOMAS J. VILSACK
4 7 Governor
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