Section 2AAAAA. There shall be a Safety Net Provider Trust Fund. The fund shall be administered by the secretary of health and human services. Payments from the fund shall be: (i) subject to the availability of federal financial participation; (ii) made under federally-approved payment methods; (iii) consistent with federal funding requirements and federal payment limits; and (iv) subject to the terms and conditions of an agreement between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the executive office of health and human services.
Money from the fund may be expended for payments to providers that qualify under an approved federal waiver. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.
Annually, not later than December 1, the secretary of health and human services shall report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means: (i) an accounting of money received by the fund and the sources of that money; (ii) an accounting of payments made to providers broken down by amounts paid per provider and the authorization for the payments; (iii) the amount of any unexpended balance; and (iv) projected revenue and spending amounts for the coming fiscal year.