§ 1901d - State health care resources fund
§ 1901d. State health care resources fund
(a) The state health care resources fund is established in the treasury as a special fund to be a source of financing health care coverage for beneficiaries of the state health care assistance programs under the Global Commitment to health waiver approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act.
(b) Into the fund shall be deposited:
(1) all revenue from the tobacco products tax and 84.5 percent of the revenue from the cigarette tax levied pursuant to chapter 205 of Title 32;
(2) revenue from health care provider assessments pursuant to subchapter 2 of chapter 19 of this title; and
(3) the proceeds from grants, donations, contributions, taxes, and any other sources of revenue as may be provided by statute, rule, or act of the general assembly.
(c) The fund shall be administered pursuant to subchapter 5 of chapter 7 of Title 32, except that interest earned on the fund and any remaining balance shall be retained in the fund. The agency shall maintain records indicating the amount of money in the fund at any time.
(d) All monies received by or generated to the fund shall be used only as allowed by appropriation of the general assembly for the administration and delivery of health care covered through state health care assistance programs administered by the agency under the Global Commitment for Health Medicaid Section 1115 waiver. (Added 2005, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 16a, eff. July 1, 2006; amended 2005, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 41; 2007, No. 65, § 387, eff. June 4, 2007.)