Montana Code 15-60-211. State special revenue account
15-60-211. State special revenue account. (1) There is a nursing facility utilization fee account in the state special revenue fund as provided in 17-2-102.
Terms Used In Montana Code 15-60-211
- 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
- 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.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)(a) All money collected under 15-60-102(1)(b) through (1)(d) must be deposited in this account.
(b)Money collected under 15-60-102(1)(b) must be used by the department of public health and human services for the purpose of maintaining the average price paid for medicaid nursing facility services at the fiscal year 2017 level under the price-based reimbursement system used to establish medicaid payment rates to nursing homes.
(c)All money collected under 15-60-102(1)(c) and (1)(d) must be used by the department of public health and human services for the purpose of:
(i)increasing the average price paid for medicaid nursing facility services above the fiscal year 2017 level under the price-based reimbursement system used to establish medicaid payment rates to nursing homes; and
(ii)in each year of the biennium beginning July 1, 2017, providing a wage increase of 50 cents per hour to certified nursing assistants working in nursing facilities, provided in increments of 25 cents per hour every 6 months.
(3)Money remaining in this account at the end of a fiscal year may not be expended or transferred for any other purpose and is subject to appropriation by a subsequent legislature for purposes consistent with subsection (2).