Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF2888

Providing charity care aid to counties with hospitals with a medical assistance
(MA) disproportionate population adjustment to prevent or reduce the reliance on
county property taxes to meet the costs of providing medical care to indigent
individuals not residing in the county; requiring hospitals to file annual
reports with the county with audited financial statements and a schedule of the
aggregate amounts of charity care for the previous year meeting certain
specified criteria; providing for calculation and payment of the aid amount,
specifying a total aid limit; requiring counties to use the aid exclusively for
charity care aid to hospitals applying to the county for reimbursement;
requiring county annual reports to the commissioner of revenue on use of the
aid; requiring the commissioner to annually notify counties of the amount of
reimbursements and appropriating money to the commissioner for payment of the
aid (ra)