249I.4  Hospital trust fund -- created -- appropriations.

1.  A hospital trust fund is created in the state treasury under the authority of the department of human services. Moneys received through agreements for the trust fund and moneys received from sources, including grants, contributions, and participant payments, shall be deposited in the trust fund.

2.  Moneys deposited in the trust fund shall be used only as provided in appropriations from the trust fund to the department for the purposes specified in the appropriation.

3.  The trust fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and shall not be considered part of the general fund of the state. The moneys in the trust fund shall not be considered revenue of the state, but rather shall be funds of the trust fund. The moneys in the trust fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered, except to provide for the purposes of this chapter. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the trust fund shall be credited to the trust fund.

4.  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the trust fund and to establish procedures for participation by public hospitals.

5.  The treasurer of state shall provide a quarterly report of trust fund activities and balances to the director.

Section History: Recent form

  2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 3, §4, 7, 8

Footnotes

  Section is effective November 16, 2001, and applies retroactively to October 1, 2001; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 3, §7, 8


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