Funding

Funding. (a) The legislature shall authorize annual funding of not less than $300,000.00 for the research, patient education and community outreach programs of the center. (b) The center shall evaluate other funding mechanisms in addition to legislative appropriations and report to the legislature annually its findings and recommendations to increase and improve funding to benefit the health status of the CNMI population. (c) The center shall establish fees for patient care services provided at the center and those fees shall be sufficient to recover the actual cost of providing the service. (d) The center may receive grants and donations to continue its research and treatment programs, outreach and prevention and public education programs. The Secretary of Public Health shall be the expenditure authority of such funds. (e) The Secretary of Finance shall establish a special account to be known as the “Diabetic Control Act Account of 1998”. Funds shall be available without fiscal year limitation and shall not be reprogrammed. Source: PL 11-31, § 7.