249J.10 - MAXIMIZATION OF FUNDING FOR INDIGENT PATIENTS.
249J.10 MAXIMIZATION OF FUNDING FOR INDIGENT
PATIENTS.
1. Unencumbered certified local matching funds may be used to
cover the state share of the cost of services for the expansion
population.
2. The department of human services shall include in its annual
budget submission, recommendations relating to a disproportionate
share hospital and graduate medical education allocation plan that
maximizes the availability of federal funds for payments to hospitals
for the care and treatment of indigent patients.
3. If state and federal law and regulations so provide and if
federal disproportionate share hospital funds and graduate medical
education funds are available under Title XIX of the federal Social
Security Act, federal disproportionate share hospital funds and
graduate medical education funds shall be distributed as specified by
the department. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 167, §10, 66