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.
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THE SENATE |
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1454 |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
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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 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.
(c) Any amount in the special fund in excess of $356,000 on June 30 of each year shall be deposited into the general fund.
(d) The department of health shall submit a report to the legislature concerning the status of the special fund, including the amount of moneys deposited into and expended from the special fund, and the sources of receipts and uses of expenditures, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session."
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 but not limited
to 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.
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