§346F-6  Nursing facility sustainability fee assessment.  [See Note at chapter heading.]  (a)  Nursing facilities shall pay the nursing facility sustainability fee to the nursing facility sustainability program special fund in accordance with this chapter.

     (b)  The department shall determine, with agreement by the nursing facility trade associations located in Hawaii, the fee rate prospectively for the applicable fiscal year.

     (c)  The department shall collect and each nursing facility shall pay in twelve equal installments the nursing facility sustainability fee in section 346F-5 on a monthly basis, subject to the terms of this section.  The fee shall be due within sixty days after the end of each month, with the initial payment due on the later of July 31, 2012, or forty-five days after the required federal approvals for the assessment and any increase in health plan capitation payments have been secured from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [L 2012, c 156, pt of §2, §5; am L 2013, c 142, §3; am L 2014, c 124, §2; am L 2015, c 69, §2; am L 2016, c 59, §2; am L 2017, c 60, §5; am L 2019, c 163, §6; am L 2021, c 24, §4]