Utah Code 26B-3-608. State teaching hospital and non-state government hospital mandatory intergovernmental transfer

26B-3-608. State teaching hospital and non-state government hospital mandatory intergovernmental transfer.

(1)	A state teaching hospital and a non-state government hospital shall make an intergovernmental transfer to the Medicaid Expansion Fund, in accordance with this section.

Assessment: means the Medicaid expansion hospital assessment established by this part. See Utah Code 26B-3-601
Hospital share: means the hospital share described in Section 26B-3-605. See Utah Code 26B-3-601
Medicaid Expansion Fund: means the Medicaid Expansion Fund created in Section 26B-1-315. See Utah Code 26B-3-601
Non-state government hospital: means a hospital owned by a non-state government entity. See Utah Code 26B-3-601
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
State teaching hospital: means a state owned teaching hospital that is part of an institution of higher education. See Utah Code 26B-3-601

(2)

The hospitals described in Subsection (1) shall pay the intergovernmental transfer beginning on the later of:

(a)	April 1, 2019; or

(b)	CMS approval of the assessment for private hospitals in this part.

(3)

The intergovernmental transfer is apportioned between the non-state government hospitals as follows:

(a)	the state teaching hospital shall pay for the portion of the hospital share described in Section 26B-3-611; and

(b)	non-state government hospitals shall pay for the portion of the hospital share described in Section 26B-3-611.

(4)

The department shall, by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, designate:

(a)	the method of calculating the amounts designated in Subsection (3); and

(b)	the schedule for the intergovernmental transfers.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session