§11-26-5 Administration.
§11-26-5. Administration.
(a) The tax commissioner shall collect the tax imposed by this article. After consultation with the secretary, the tax commissioner may establish procedures and prescribe forms necessary to implement and enforce this article. The tax commissioner shall account for all collections of the tax imposed by this article and for all collections of additions to tax, penalties and interest imposed with respect to this tax under article ten of this chapter. The amount collected shall be deposited, within fifteen days after its receipt by the tax commissioner, into the special revenue funds created in the state treasury by articles four-b and four-c, chapter nine of this code, as follows:
(1) The physician provider medicaid enhancement fund. -- All taxes, additions to tax, penalties and interest collected in accordance with this article from those health care providers represented by the physician medicaid enhancement board and all donations and contributions received by the board in accordance with section five, article four-b, chapter nine of this code shall be deposited into the physician provider medicaid enhancement fund;
(2) General medicaid enhancement fund. -- All taxes, additions to tax, penalties and interest collected in accordance with this article from those health care providers represented by the general medicaid enhancement board and all donations and contributions received by the board in accordance with section seven, article four-c, chapter nine of this code shall be deposited into the general medicaid enhancement fund;
(3) The outpatient hospital medicaid enhancement fund. -- All taxes, additions to tax, penalties and interest collected in accordance with this article from outpatient hospital providers represented by the outpatient hospital provider medicaid enhancement board and all donations and contributions received by the board in accordance with section seven, article four-c, chapter nine of this code shall be deposited into the outpatient hospital medicaid enhancement fund;
(4) The dentist provider medicaid enhancement fund. -- All taxes, additions to tax, penalties and interest collected in accordance with this article from dentist providers represented by the dentist provider medicaid enhancement board and all donations and contributions received by the board in accordance with section seven, article four-c, chapter nine of this code shall be deposited into the dentist provider medicaid enhancement fund; and
(5) The ambulance service provider medicaid enhancement fund. -- All taxes, additions to tax, penalties and interest collected in accordance with this article from ambulance service providers represented by the ambulance service provider medicaid enhancement board and all donations and contributions received by the board in accordance with section seven, article four-c, chapter nine of this code shall be deposited into the ambulance service provider medicaid enhancement fund.
(b) If a health care provider is represented by two or more boards, the tax paid by that provider shall be categorized and identified so that the tax commissioner may deposit the tax collected into the proper fund or funds.
(c) The department shall provide the tax commissioner with any information in its possession that the tax commissioner considers necessary for proper enforcement of this article. Notwithstanding any provision in this code to the contrary, the tax commissioner may enter into a written exchange of information agreement with the secretary to disclose return information pertaining to the tax imposed by this article for the purpose of facilitating administration of this state's medical assistance program. Any confidential information disclosed under this agreement shall remain confidential in the hands of the receiving agency as provided in section five-d, article ten of this chapter.
(d) For fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, not more than two hundred thousand dollars from the several medicaid enhancement funds shall be used for administrative purposes with respect to this article and articles four-b and four-c, chapter nine of this code; of this amount, not more than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars shall be transferred to a special revenue account in the treasury for use by the department of tax and revenue and not more than seventy-five thousand dollars shall be transferred to a special revenue account in the treasury for use by the department of health and human resources.
(e) The secretary shall cause the remainder of all moneys deposited in the several medicaid enhancement funds, after administrative expenses, to be transferred to the West Virginia medical services fund.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of this section, for fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-three and for each succeeding fiscal year, no expenditures from any of the several medicaid enhancement funds are authorized except in accordance with appropriations by the Legislature.