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enrollees, payments from other governmental units, payments | | from 3rd-party payors, payments under agreements of | | cooperation and coordination for plan enrollees in other | | insurance or health benefit programs and payments under any | | system of revenue or taxation imposed by the Legislature to | | fund the plan. |
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| | | B.__All income generated pursuant to this chapter must be | | deposited into the fund, which may not lapse but must be | | carried forward from one fiscal year to the next. |
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| | | C.__All funds remaining in the fund at the end of the | | fiscal year must be reported to the Legislature by January | | 1st of the following year and may be used, by vote of the | | Legislature, to expand the coverage of services paid for | | by the plan. |
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| | | D.__Expenditures from the fund are authorized for payments | | to participating providers for health care services | | rendered and payments for administration of the fund, the | | plan and the agency. |
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| | | 2.__Budget.__The annual administrative costs for the agency | | and for all administrative aspects of the plan may not exceed | | 5% of the total annual budget for the fund.__The board shall | | implement cost-control measures to reduce administrative costs | | and eliminate unnecessary health care.__Cost-control measures | | may not be implemented to limit necessary health care. |
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| | | 3.__Funding.__Funding must be provided from a combination of | | sources, including: |
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| | | A.__Payments from other government sources, including | | federal, state and other government health and aid | | programs; |
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| | | B.__Payments from workers' compensation, pension and | | health insurance employee benefit plans and programs as | | provided by this chapter and the rules adopted to | | implement this chapter; |
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| | | C.__Payments from state, county and municipal governmental | | units for coverage provided to employees of those units; |
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| | | D.__Payments from any taxes or fees imposed by the Legislature | | to fund the plan, which may include but are not limited to | | corporate and individual income taxes; sales taxes; payroll | | taxes dedicated to the health care plan; any additional taxes | | to be determined by a feasibility study of economic impacts to | | individuals and businesses of payment options, including but | | not limited to corporate and individual income tax rate | | increases; sales tax rate |
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