Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 2894

  • 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.
  • Hospital: means an acute care health care facility with permanent inpatient beds planned, organized, operated and maintained to offer for a continuing period of time facilities and services for the diagnosis and treatment of illness, injury and deformity; with a governing board and an organized medical staff offering continuous 24-hour professional nursing care; with a plan to provide emergency treatment 24 hours a day and including other services as defined in rules of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to licensure of general and specialty hospitals; and that is licensed under Title 22, chapter 405 as a general hospital, specialty hospital or critical access hospital. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 2891
  • Net operating revenue: means gross charges of facilities less any deducted amounts for charity care and payer discounts. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 2891
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
For state fiscal year 2010-11, an assessment is imposed against each hospital in the State. The assessment is equal to 0.12% of net operating revenue as identified on the hospital’s most recent audited financial statement for the hospital’s fiscal year that ended during calendar year 2008. [PL 2009, c. 571, Pt. VV, §3 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 2009, c. 571, Pt. VV, §3 (NEW).