Sec. 4. (a) Each member state for each federal fiscal year shall have the right to federal monies in an amount up to the member state current year funding level for the current year, funded by the federal government as mandatory spending and that is not subject to annual appropriation, to support the exercise of the member state authority under the compact. The funding may not be conditional on any action of or regulation, policy, law, or rule that is being adopted by the member state and that is allowed under the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the member state.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-16.5-3-4

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • compact: refers to the health care compact entered into under this article. See Indiana Code 12-16.5-1-2
  • 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.
  • Mandatory spending: Spending (budget authority and outlays) controlled by laws other than annual appropriations acts.
  • member state: means a state that has adopted the health care compact law. See Indiana Code 12-16.5-1-5
  • member state current year funding level: means the member state base funding level multiplied by the member state current year population adjustment factor multiplied by the current year inflation adjustment factor. See Indiana Code 12-16.5-1-7
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) By the start of each federal fiscal year, the federal United States Congress shall establish an initial member state current year funding level for each member state. The initial member state current year funding level must be based on a reasonable estimate. The final member state current year funding level shall be calculated and funding shall be reconciled by the federal United States Congress based on information provided by each member state and audited by the United States Government Accountability Office.

As added by P.L.150-2012, SEC.1.

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