§ 23-76-127 - Fees -- Disposition of revenues.

23-76-127. Fees -- Disposition of revenues.

(a) Every health maintenance organization subject to this chapter shall pay the Department of Health the following fees:

(1) For filing, reviewing, and issuance of all documents necessary for the issuance of the original certificate of authority, one thousand dollars ($1,000);

(2) For annual renewal of the certificate of authority, five hundred dollars ($500);

(3) For filing an annual statement, fifty dollars ($50.00); and

(4) For filing amendments to documents required under 23-76-107(c)(2), twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

(b) (1) All fees levied and collected under this section are declared to be special revenues and shall be deposited in the State Treasury, there to be credited to the Public Health Fund.

(2) Subject to such rules and regulations as may be implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the disbursing officer for the Department of Health is authorized to transfer all unexpended funds relative to the health maintenance organization that pertain to fees collected, as certified by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, to be carried forward and made available for expenditures for the same purpose for any following fiscal year.

(c) Every health maintenance organization subject to this chapter shall pay to the State Insurance Department Trust Fund as special revenues the following fees:

(1) For filing and reviewing all documents necessary for issuance of an original certificate of authority, one thousand dollars ($1,000);

(2) For issuance of the original certificate of authority, two hundred dollars ($200);

(3) For annual renewal of the certificate of authority, one hundred dollars ($100);

(4) For filing an annual statement, fifty dollars ($50.00); and

(5) For filing amendments to documents required under 23-76-107, one hundred dollars ($100).