Pediatric Neuro-Rehabilitation Fund -- Creation -- Administration -- Uses.

1. Law
2. Utah Code
3. Utah Health Code
4. Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Rehabilitation Fund and Pediatric Neuro-Rehabilitation Fund
5. Pediatric Neuro-Rehabilitation Fund -- Creation -- Administration -- Uses.

Affected by 63I-1-226 on 1/1/2025

Effective 5/14/2019
26-54-102.5. Pediatric Neuro-Rehabilitation Fund -- Creation -- Administration -- Uses.

• (1) As used in this section, a "qualified IRC 501(c)(3) charitable clinic" means a professional medical clinic that:
  • (a) provides services for children in the state:
    • (i) with neurological conditions, including:
      • (A) cerebral palsy; and
      • (B) spina bifida; and
    • (ii) who require post-acute care;
  • (b) employs licensed therapy clinicians;
  • (c) has at least five years experience operating a post-acute care rehabilitation clinic in the state; and
  • (d) has obtained tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3).

• (2) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Pediatric Neuro-Rehabilitation Fund."

• (3) The fund shall consist of:
  • (a) gifts, grants, donations, or any other conveyance of money that may be made to the fund from private sources; and
  • (b) amounts appropriated to the fund by the Legislature.

• (4) The fund shall be administered by the executive director of the department, in consultation with the advisory committee created in Section 26-54-103.

• (5) Fund money shall be used to:
  • (a) assist one or more qualified IRC 501(c)(3) charitable clinics to provide physical or occupational therapy to children with neurological conditions; and
  • (b) pay for operating expenses of the advisory committee created by Section 26-54-103, including the advisory committee's staff.

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