Nebraska Statutes 68-971. Amendment to medicaid state plan orwaiver; Nebraska Regional Poison Center; payments; use; department; duties;University of Nebraska Medical Center; report
(1) On or before January 1, 2012, the department shall submit an application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to amend the medicaid state plan or seek a waiver to provide for utilization of the unused administrative cap to allow for payments to the Nebraska Regional Poison Center funded through the University of Nebraska Medical Center Cash Fund to help offset the cost for treatment of children who are eligible for assistance under the medical assistance program and the Children’s Health Insurance Program established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1397aa et seq., pursuant to the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, Public Law 111-3, as such act existed on January 1, 2010.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 68-971
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- 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.
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(2) Upon approval of the amendment to the medicaid state plan or the granting of the waiver, the University of Nebraska Medical Center shall transfer an amount, not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars, to the Health and Human Services Cash Fund for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to meet the state match to maximize the use of the unused administrative cap money. At the time the department receives the transferred amount or any portion thereof and the corollary federal funds, the department shall transfer the combined funds to the University of Nebraska Medical Center Cash Fund for operation of the Nebraska Regional Poison Center. If no amendment is approved nor waiver granted or if less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars is needed for the match, then the University of Nebraska Medical Center may use the remaining state appropriation for the operation of the Nebraska Regional Poison Center.
(3) The University of Nebraska Medical Center shall report electronically to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst on or before October 1 of every year the amount transferred to the department in the prior fiscal year and the amount of matching funds received under this section for the Nebraska Regional Poison Center in the prior fiscal year.