Alabama Code 40-26B-62. Funds appropriated for reimbursement
Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-26B-62
- 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.
- 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
In meeting its requirements under the Social Security Act that payments to hospitals will take into account the situation of disproportionate share hospitals, the agency shall, not later than the beginning of each fiscal year, promulgate regulations establishing the total amount of funds to be appropriated for each fiscal year by the agency for reimbursement, in accordance with its approved methodology, to disproportionate share hospitals other than state-owned teaching hospitals. In no event shall the total amount of funds appropriated for reimbursement to disproportionate share hospitals in accordance with and subject to the approved methodology be less than the disproportionate cap established by the Health Care Financing Administration.