(a) Nursing facilities shall pay the nursing facility sustainability fee to the nursing facility sustainability program special fund in accordance with this chapter.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346F-6

  • Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346F-3
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
  • Nursing facility: means any facility licensed pursuant to chapter 11-94. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346F-3
(b) The department shall determine, with agreement by the nursing facility trade associations located in Hawaii, the fee rate prospectively for the applicable fiscal year.
(c) The department shall impose the nursing facility sustainability fee on a monthly basis, which a nursing facility shall pay no later than the sixtieth day after the end of the calendar month that the department imposed the fee; provided that if required federal approvals have not been secured by the end of a calendar month, the fees for that month shall be paid within ten days after the notification to the nursing facilities that the required approvals have been received.

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