Authorized expenditure of contributed funds

All moneys contributed and revenues deposited and transferred to the trust fund pursuant to this article and any interest earned on such moneys shall be appropriated to the department for only the following purposes: (1) To expand Medicaid eligibility and services; (2) For programs to support rural and other health care providers, primarily hospitals, who serve the medically indigent; (3) For primary health care programs for medically indigent citizens and children of this state; or (4) Any combination of purposes specified in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this Code section. History. — Code 1981, § 31-8-154, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 214, § 3/SB 308; Ga. L. 2017, p. 764, § 2-6/SB 193. The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, added ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (3); deleted former paragraph (4), which read: ‘‘For the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program established under Article 2 of Chapter 2A of this title; or’’; redesignated former paragraph (5) as present paragraph (4); and substituted ‘‘(3)’’ for ‘‘(4)’’ near the end of present paragraph (4). 31-8-155. Promulgation of rules for funding expansions of eligibility and indigent care programs. (a) The department shall establish by rules the purposes for which contributions and transfers to the trust fund may be made. Such purposes shall be consistent with the purposes contained in Code Section 31-8-154. Those rules shall be promulgated by the Board of Community Health pursuant to Chapter 13 of Title 50, the ‘‘Georgia Administrative Procedure Act,’’ notwithstanding any exclusion or exemption otherwise provided in that chapter. (b) Contributions to the trust fund shall be made within such time periods as the department establishes by rule pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section. 505 31-8-157 (c) The department may make and execute contracts, agreements, and other instruments for the purpose of facilitating transfers to the trust fund. (d) The department shall establish the manner of disbursement of any funds appropriated to it pursuant to this article. History. — Code 1981, § 31-8-155, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 388, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 24. Administrative rules and regula- tions. — Indigent Care Trust Fund, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Community Health, Medical Assistance, Chapter 111-3-6. 31-8-156. Appropriation of state funds by General Assembly.