North Carolina General Statutes 143C-9-9. Hospital Uncompensated Care Fund
(a) Creation. – The Hospital Uncompensated Care Fund is established as a nonreverting special fund in the Department of Health and Human Services.
(b) Source of Funds. – The Hospital Uncompensated Care Fund shall consist of federal disproportionate share adjustment receipts arising from certified public expenditures.
(c) Utilization of Funds. – The Department of Health and Human Services is authorized to utilize funds in the Hospital Uncompensated Care Fund to make the following payments, provided the entity receiving the payment has been determined to be an eligible entity in accordance with subsection (d) of this section:
(1) Payments to institutions for mental diseases, as defined in 42 C.F.R. § 435.1010.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 143C-9-9
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Payments to hospitals to reimburse inpatient services uncompensated care costs or outpatient services uncompensated care costs, or both.
(d) Eligibility and Fund Allocations. – The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt rules for determining eligibility for, and allocations of, Hospital Uncompensated Care Fund payments. (2020-88, s. 17.)