Idaho Code 56-1401 – Short Title — Legislative Intent
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(1) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Idaho Hospital Assessment Act."
(2) It is the intent of the legislature to encourage the maximization of financial resources eligible and available for medicaid services by establishing a fund within the Idaho department of health and welfare to receive private hospital assessments to use in securing federal matching funds under federally prescribed upper payment limit and disproportionate share hospital programs available through the state medicaid plan.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 56-1401
- Department: means the department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 56-1402
- Disproportionate share hospital: means a hospital that serves a disproportionate share of medicaid low-income patients as compared to other hospitals as determined by department rule. See Idaho Code 56-1402
- Hospital: is a s defined in section 39-1301(a), Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 56-1402
- Private hospital: means a hospital that is not owned by a governmental entity. See Idaho Code 56-1402
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
- Upper payment limit: means a limitation established by federal regulations, 42 C. See Idaho Code 56-1402