(a) Medicaid shall account for those federal funds derived from certified public expenditures by publicly and state-owned hospitals as those funds are received by Medicaid from the federal government.
(b) The certified public expenditure accounting shall be separate and distinct from the state General Fund appropriation accounting.
(c) Federal moneys accounted for shall not be used to replace other state General Fund revenues appropriated and funded by the Legislature or other revenues used to support Medicaid.
(d) The moneys obtained by Medicaid from hospital certified public expenditure certifications shall be used only as follows:
(1) To make disproportionate share hospital payments under this article;
(2) To reimburse moneys collected by the department through error or mistake under this article; or
(3) For any other permissible purpose allowed under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 40 - Revenue and Taxation.
Chapter 26B - Providers of Medical Services Privilege Tax.
Article 5 - Hospital Funding Program.
Section 40-26B-70 - Definitions.
Section 40-26B-71 - Assessment.
Section 40-26B-72 - Program Administration.
Section 40-26B-73 - Hospital Assessment Account.
Section 40-26B-74 - Private Hospital Assessment.
Section 40-26B-75 - Quarterly Notice and Collection.
Section 40-26B-76 - Notice of Assessment.
Section 40-26B-77 - Hospital Certified Public Expenditures.
Section 40-26B-77.1 - Intergovernmental Transfers to the Medicaid Agency.
Section 40-26B-78 - Certified Public Expenditure Accounting.
Section 40-26B-79 - Inpatient Medicaid Base Payments.
Section 40-26B-80 - Outpatient Medicaid Base Payments.
Section 40-26B-81 - Medicaid Hospital Access Payments.
Section 40-26B-82 - Effectiveness and Cessation.
Section 40-26B-83 - State Plan Amendment.
Section 40-26B-84 - Federal Medical Assistance Percentage.
Section 40-26B-85 - Eligibility and Benefit Expansions.
Section 40-26B-86 - Disproportionate Share Payments.