57-813. CATASTROPHIC HEALTH CARE COST ACCOUNT. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury an account to be designated the "Catastrophic Health Care Cost Account." The account shall be used solely for payment of insurance premiums, payment of eligible claims beyond the eleven thousand dollar ($11,000) county deductible or payment of the expenses of administering the catastrophic health care cost account.
(2) The administrator of the catastrophic health care cost program may retain counsel.
(3) All moneys placed in the account are hereby perpetually appropriated to the administrator of the catastrophic health care cost program for purposes of this program. All expenditures from the account shall be paid out in warrants drawn by the state controller upon presentation of proper vouchers from the administrator. Pending use, surplus moneys in the account shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as prescribed in section 67-1210, Idaho Code, with respect to surplus or idle moneys in the state treasury. Interest earned on the investments shall be returned to the account.
History:
[57-813, added 1982, ch. 190, sec. 6, p. 511; repealed 1990, ch. 87, sec. 1, p. 178; reinstated and am. 1991, ch. 233, sec. 17, p. 562; am. 1994, ch. 180, sec. 115, p. 500; am. 1995, ch. 9, sec. 4, p. 16; am. 2012, ch. 107, sec. 13, p. 297.]