(1) For the purposes of this section, a “pediatric teaching hospital” is defined as an acute-care hospital as licensed under KRS Chapter 216B and which has designated and operates no less than one hundred fifty (150) beds for pediatric services and which is either operated by one (1) of the Commonwealth’s schools of medicine and which has a pediatric teaching program or which has an affiliation agreement for pediatric services, teaching, and research with a school of medicine for the Commonwealth.
(2) For purposes of inpatient hospital reimbursement under the Kentucky Medical Assistance Program, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall recognize the unique costs of any pediatric teaching hospital.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 242, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 200, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.