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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 711
BY SENATORS CHEEK AND LAFLEUR AND REPRESENTATI VES BALDONE,
BURFORD, HENRY BURNS, CARMODY, CHANEY, CONNI CK,
DIXON, DOWNS, GISCLAIR, GUILLORY, GUINN, HINES,
HOFFMANN, HOWARD, GIROD JACKSON, JOHNSON, KATZ,
LABRUZZO, LIGI, LOPINTO, LORUSSO, MCVEA, MILLS,
MONICA, PEARSON, POPE, RI CHARD, RICHARDSON,
SCHRODER, SIMON, SMILEY, ST. GERMAIN, TEMPLET,
THIBAUT AND WILLMOTT
AN ACT1
To enact Chapter 64 of Title 46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised2
of R.S. 46:2901, relative to state funds; to create the Community Hospital3
Stabilization Fund as a special fund in the state treasury; to provide for deposit of4
certain monies into the fund; to provide for the uses of monies in the fund; to provide5
for certain Medicaid and disproportionate share payments to nonrural, nonstate6
community hospitals; to provide for the transfer, dedication, and use as specified of7
certain treasury funds; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related8
matters.9
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:10
Section 1. Chapter 64 of Title 46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be11
comprised of R.S. 46:2901, is hereby enacted to read as follows: 12
CHAPTER 64. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL STABILIZATION FUND13
ยง2901. Community Hospital Stabilization Fund14
A. There is hereby established in the state treasury, as a special fund, the15
Community Hospital Stabilization Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund".16
B. The source of monies deposited into the fund shall be any monies17
appropriated annually by the legislature or any other monies which may be18
provided by law. In addition, the fund may receive state general fund monies19
which become available in the event Congress acts to extend the American20
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 enhancement to the federal medical21 SB NO. 711 ENROLLED
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assistance percentage. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund1
at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The monies in the fund2
shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the3
state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of such monies shall4
be credited to the fund. The state treasurer shall report the status of the fund5
at least quarterly to the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals.6
C. Each year, the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals7
shall transmit to the treasurer a report which details the amount of certified8
public expenditures which have been generated in excess of the amount9
appropriated for certified public expenditures in the General Appropriation Act10
for Fiscal Year 2010-2011. Upon receipt of such report the treasurer is hereby11
authorized and directed to deposit such amount stated in the report into the12
Community Hospital Stabilization Fund.13
D. The monies in the fund shall be appropriated annually and used solely14
for purposes as specified, as follows:15
(1) Supplemental payments for inpatient and outpatient Medicaid16
hospital services, Medicaid outlier payments, and Medicaid Disproportionate17
Share Hospital (DSH) payments to nonstate, nonrural community hospitals.18
(2) Enhanced Medicaid payments to nonstate, nonrural community19
hospitals.20
(3) Enhanced DSH payments and uncompensated care payments to21
nonstate, nonrural community hospitals.22
(4) Payments for services of the state Medicaid program for nonstate,23
nonrural community hospitals that are subject to federal financial participation24
in matching funds.25
(5) Reimbursement of monies as necessitated by any federal disallowance26
relating to payments made for any purpose provided for in this Subsection.27
Section 2. For Fiscal Year 2010-2011, in order to ensure that patient access to28
hospital care remains unimpacted, the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals29
shall optimize all funding for Medicaid ambulance transportation in the state.30 SB NO. 711 ENROLLED
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Section 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the state treasurer1
is hereby authorized and directed to transfer Eighteen Million Dollars from the Artificial2
Reef Development Fund to the Overcollections fund.3
Section 4. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to transfer Ten4
Million Dollars from the State Emergency Response Fund to the Overcollections Fund.5
Section 5. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not6
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature7
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If8
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become9
effective on the day following such approval.10
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: