409.916 Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

409.916 Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

   (1) The agency shall deposit any funds received from pharmaceutical manufacturers and all other funds received by the agency from any other person as the result of a Medicaid cost containment strategy, in the nature of a rebate, grant, or other similar mechanism into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund. The agency shall deposit any funds received from private donations for the purpose of funding a certified electronic health record technology loan fund into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund.

   (2) Funds received from pharmaceutical manufacturers shall be used as the state portion for funding Medicaid prescribed drug services. However, at least $75,000 may be appropriated from the Grants and Donations Trust Fund for Medicaid research and development activities as specified in the General Appropriations Act.

   (3) Receipts from the agency’s share of Medicaid fraud and abuse recoupments and fines shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund for purposes established by law and the General Appropriations Act.

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   (4) Quality assessment fees received from Medicaid providers shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund and used for purposes established by law and the General Appropriations Act.

   (5) Funds received through grants and donations from the state and from counties, local governments, public entities, and taxing districts shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund and used for purposes established by law and the General Appropriations Act.

   (6) Funds received from the leasehold licensee fee pursuant to s. 400.179(2)(d)2. shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund and used for purposes established by law and the General Appropriations Act.

History. s. 47, ch. 91-282; s. 37, ch. 96-418; s. 191, ch. 99-8; s. 4, ch. 2009-47; s. 17, ch. 2009-55; s. 4, ch. 2009-172.

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Note. As created by s. 17, ch. 2009-55. For a description of multiple acts in the same session affecting a statutory provision, see preface to the Florida Statutes, “Statutory Construction.” Subsection (4) was also created by s. 4, ch. 2009-47, and that version reads:

(4) Funds received from Medicaid providers as nursing home quality assessment fees shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund and used for purposes established by law and the General Appropriations Act.