§346F-4 Nursing facility sustainability program special fund. (a) There is created in the state treasury the nursing facility sustainability program special fund to be administered by the department into which shall be deposited all moneys collected under this chapter.
(b) Moneys in the special fund shall consist of:
(c) Revenue from the nursing facility sustainability fee shall be used exclusively as follows:
(d) The department shall utilize federal funds derived from state long-term care facility certified expenditures to make payments to state long-term care facilities to the extent permitted by federal law. The department may receive intergovernmental transfers from the state long-term care facilities to support payments and increased capitation rates to health plans for the benefit of the state long-term care facilities. During any period in which the nursing facility sustainability fee is in effect, certified expenditures of state long-term care facilities shall not be used to make or support payments to private nursing facilities. [L 2012, c 156, pt of §2, §5; am L 2013, c 142, §§2(1), 3; am L 2014, c 124, §§1(1), 2; am L 2015, c 69, §§1(1), 2; am L 2016, c 59, §§1(1), 2; am L 2017, c 60, §§2, 5; am L 2019, c 163, §§2, 6; am L 2021, c 24, §§2, 7; am L 2023, c 109, §§6, 13]