New Hampshire Revised Statutes 151-E:15 – Expenditure of Funds From Nursing Facility Trust Fund
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys in the nursing facility trust fund shall be expended in the following manner:
I. All moneys in the fund shall be paid out no less frequently than on a quarterly basis and shall be disbursed as follows:
(a) The moneys in the fund shall be used to eliminate or reduce to the maximum extent possible the difference between the allowable medicaid costs, derived from the nursing facility medicaid acuity rate setting system, which nursing facilities incur in providing care to medicaid residents, and the amount which the state has budgeted in order to fund that care.
(b) If after the disbursement required in subparagraph (a) there are still any moneys remaining in the fund, the nursing facility rate setting system shall be adjusted to insure that all moneys in the fund are expended for nursing facility care.
II. The state treasurer shall transfer from the nursing facility trust fund to the general fund on the first business day of each quarter the amount necessary to fund the payments under paragraph I.
III. The state treasurer shall transfer, and the commissioner of health and human services shall fund the full amount of the nursing facility trust fund in each quarter.
IV. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 167:18-a, no county shall be required to make any contribution to the distribution under this section.
I. All moneys in the fund shall be paid out no less frequently than on a quarterly basis and shall be disbursed as follows:
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 151-E:15
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
(a) The moneys in the fund shall be used to eliminate or reduce to the maximum extent possible the difference between the allowable medicaid costs, derived from the nursing facility medicaid acuity rate setting system, which nursing facilities incur in providing care to medicaid residents, and the amount which the state has budgeted in order to fund that care.
(b) If after the disbursement required in subparagraph (a) there are still any moneys remaining in the fund, the nursing facility rate setting system shall be adjusted to insure that all moneys in the fund are expended for nursing facility care.
II. The state treasurer shall transfer from the nursing facility trust fund to the general fund on the first business day of each quarter the amount necessary to fund the payments under paragraph I.
III. The state treasurer shall transfer, and the commissioner of health and human services shall fund the full amount of the nursing facility trust fund in each quarter.
IV. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 167:18-a, no county shall be required to make any contribution to the distribution under this section.