UNAPPROVED DRAFT BILL -- Subject to Change Without Notice!
BILL NO.
INTRODUCED BY
(Primary Sponsor)
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR RESTORING AND MAINTAINING THE MONTANA STATE HOSPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE; AMENDING SECTION 53-1-413, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 53-1-413, MCA, is amended to read:
"53-1-413. Deposit of payments and collections. (1) Except as provided in [section 2], 90-7-220, 90-7-221, and this section, the department shall deposit payments and collections of charges for a resident's cost of care in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund.
(2) Payments and collections for services provided to residents of the Montana veterans' home must be deposited in the special revenue account for the benefit of the home. Payments and collections for services provided to residents of the Montana chemical dependency treatment center must be deposited in the state special revenue account for the facility."
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Appropriation -- limitations -- reversion. (1) In each year of the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, there is appropriated $1 million in funds received by the Montana state hospital to the state hospital for restoring and maintaining the hospital campus.
(2) The appropriation must be made from noninsurance funds remaining after the hospital has satisfied its loan obligations as provided in 90-7-221.
(3) The amount appropriated in subsection (1) may not exceed the amount of noninsurance funds received by the Montana state hospital for the care of patients.
(4) For the purposes of this section, insurance funds are those funds received from medicaid, medicare, and private insurers.
(5) Any unspent balance of the appropriation must revert to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year of the biennium.
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2007.
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