Medicaid Expansion Fund.

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  2. Utah Code
  3. Utah Health Code
  4. Inpatient Hospital Assessment Act
  5. Assessment and Collection
  6. Medicaid Expansion Fund.

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Affected by 63I-1-226 on 7/1/2024

Effective 5/5/2021
26-36b-208. Medicaid Expansion Fund.
  • (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the Medicaid Expansion Fund.
  • (2) The fund consists of:
    • (a) assessments collected under this chapter;
    • (b) intergovernmental transfers under Section 26-36b-206;
    • (c) savings attributable to the health coverage improvement program as determined by the department;
    • (d) savings attributable to the enhancement waiver program as determined by the department;
    • (e) savings attributable to the Medicaid waiver expansion as determined by the department;
    • (f) savings attributable to the inclusion of psychotropic drugs on the preferred drug list under Subsection 26-18-2.4(3) as determined by the department;
    • (g) revenues collected from the sales tax described in Subsection 59-12-103(12);
    • (h) gifts, grants, donations, or any other conveyance of money that may be made to the fund from private sources;
    • (i) interest earned on money in the fund; and
    • (j) additional amounts as appropriated by the Legislature.
  • (3)
    • (a) The fund shall earn interest.
    • (b) All interest earned on fund money shall be deposited into the fund.
  • (4)
    • (a) A state agency administering the provisions of this chapter may use money from the fund to pay the costs, not otherwise paid for with federal funds or other revenue sources, of:
      • (i) the health coverage improvement program;
      • (ii) the enhancement waiver program;
      • (iii) a Medicaid waiver expansion; and
      • (iv) the outpatient upper payment limit supplemental payments under Section 26-36b-210.
    • (b) A state agency administering the provisions of this chapter may not use:
      • (i) funds described in Subsection (2)(b) to pay the cost of private outpatient upper payment limit supplemental payments; or
      • (ii) money in the fund for any purpose not described in Subsection (4)(a).




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