Report Title:
Hospital and Medical Facilities Special Fund
Description:
Renames the special fund to reflect the current name of the Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA). Requires that all moneys collected by OHCA in the form of fees and fines be deposited into this account. Allows the moneys deposited into the special fund to be used to offset OHCA's operational expenses. (SD1)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL FACILITIES SPECIAL FUND.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 321-1.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the title and subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"§321-1.4 [Hospital and
medical facilities] Office of health care assurance special fund;
deposits; expenditures. (a) There is established within the department of
health, to be administered by the department of health, the [hospital and
medical facilities] office of health care assurance special fund
into which shall be deposited moneys collected under section 321-11.5(b)[.] and all administrative penalties
imposed and collected by the office of health care assurance pursuant to
section 321-20.
(b) Moneys in the special fund shall be expended by the department:
(1) To assist in offsetting operating costs and
educational program expenses of the department's [hospital and medical
facilities branch;] office of health care assurance; and
(2) For the purpose of enhancing the capacity of [hospital
and medical facilities] office of health care assurance programs to:
(A) Improve public health outreach efforts, program and community development, and consultations to industries regulated; and
(B) Educate the public, the staff of the
department of health, [hospitals, nursing
homes, and care homes, and industries]
other departments within the State, as well as staff and providers of all
health care facilities and agencies regulated.
Not more than [$230,000] $300,000 of
the special fund may be used during any fiscal year for [education.] the
activities carried out by the office of health care assurance."
SECTION 2. Section 321-11.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) All fees paid and collected pursuant
to this section and rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91 from facilities
seeking licensure or certification by the department, including hospitals,
nursing homes, home health agencies, intermediate care facilities for the
mentally retarded, freestanding outpatient surgical facilities, adult day
health care centers, rural health centers, laboratories, adult residential
care homes, expanded adult residential care homes, developmental
disability domiciliary homes, assisted living facilities, therapeutic living
programs, and special treatment facilities, shall be deposited into the [hospital
and medical facilities] office of health care assurance special fund
created under section 321-1.4. Any other entities required by law to be
licensed by the department shall also be subject to reasonable fees established
by the department by rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91."
SECTION 3. Section 321-15.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
"(g) Any fines collected by the
department for violations of this section shall be deposited into the [general]
office of health care assurance special fund."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.