249J.23 - ACCOUNT FOR HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION.

        249J.23  ACCOUNT FOR HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION.
         1.  An account for health care transformation is created in the
      state treasury under the authority of the department.  Moneys
      received from sources including but not limited to appropriations
      from the general fund of the state, grants, and contributions shall
      be deposited in the account.  The account shall include a separate
      premiums subaccount.  Revenue generated through payment of premiums
      by expansion population members as required pursuant to section
      249J.8 shall be deposited in the separate premiums subaccount within
      the account.
         2.  Moneys in the account shall be separate from the general fund
      of the state and shall not be considered part of the general fund of
      the state.  The moneys deposited in the account are not subject to
      section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated,
      appropriated, or otherwise encumbered, except to provide for the
      purposes specified in this section.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7,
      subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the account
      shall be credited to the account.
         3.  Moneys deposited in the account for health care transformation
      shall be used only as provided in appropriations from the account for
      the costs associated with certain services provided to the expansion
      population pursuant to section 249J.6, certain initiatives to be
      designed pursuant to section 249J.8, the case-mix adjusted
      reimbursement system for persons with mental retardation or
      developmental disabilities pursuant to section 249J.12, certain
      health promotion partnership activities pursuant to section 249J.14,
      the cost and quality performance evaluation pursuant to section
      249J.16, auditing requirements pursuant to section 249J.22, the
      provision of additional indigent patient care and treatment, and
      administrative costs associated with this chapter.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 167, §24, 66; 2006 Acts, ch 1169, §1, 7
         Referred to in § 249J.8 
         Footnotes
         For provisions relating to the transfer, appropriation, and
      deposit of funds and the amounts of payment adjustments for medical
      assistance retroactive to May 2, 2003, and May 17, 2004, see 2006
      Acts, ch 1169, §2--7