§ 20-7-129 - Reimbursement for certain medical supplies or services.
20-7-129. Reimbursement for certain medical supplies or services.
(a) The State Board of Health may adopt rules and regulations to implement a reimbursement system to recover part or all of the costs of certain medical supplies or services.
(b) The system shall provide that fees shall be collected only from those patients who are financially able to pay the fee and that no one shall be denied services because of inability to pay.
(c) Funds derived from the fees shall be used exclusively for the purchase of medical supplies or services necessary to enable the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to provide essential health care.
(d) Any fee established shall not exceed the cost of the service.
(e) All medications and treatment for tuberculosis patients shall be excluded from any such fee system established under this section.
(f) (1) Funds collected by the division under this section shall be deposited into the State Treasury. These funds shall be credited to the Public Health Fund to be used exclusively for support of medical supplies or services.
(2) Subject to rules and regulations as may be implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, all unexpended funds that pertain to fees collected shall be carried forward and made available for expenditure for the same purposes for any following fiscal year.