Alabama Code 22-6-95. Transfer of funds – Annual certification
Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-6-95
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
At the time a hospital or hospital system transfers funds to the Medicaid Agency, or no less frequently than within 30 days after the close of the transferor hospital’s or hospital system’s fiscal year, the hospital or hospital system shall certify in writing to the Medicaid Agency that the funds transferred met the requirements of Section 22-6-93. In the case of an annual certification, the transferor hospital or hospital system shall certify that all the funds transferred during the hospital’s or hospital system’s past fiscal year met the requirements of Section 22-6-93. The certifications pursuant to this section shall be executed by the hospital’s or hospital system’s administrator or chief financial officer and may be made electronically. The Medicaid Agency shall determine that it has not sought federal matching funds on funds transferred to it by a hospital or hospital system that have not been certified by the transferor hospital or hospital system as provided for in this section.