50-5-232. Patient protection account -- deposit of funds. (1) There is a patient protection account in the state special revenue fund.
(2) There is deposited in the patient protection account money received by the department in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or appropriations from any source that are intended to be used for the purposes of the account.
(3) The funds deposited in the patient protection account may be used only:
(a) to pay for the costs of a receivership; and
(b) to pay for the cost of department-initiated relocation of residents.
(4) Penalties collected pursuant to part 1 or 2 of this chapter must be deposited in the state general fund.
History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 415, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 44, Ch. 422, L. 1997.