Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-1
Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Hospital Sustainability Program Act".
Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 346G
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Provisions
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-2
Findings and declaration of necessity
It is the intent of the legislature to establish a special fund within the state treasury to receive revenue from the imposition of a hospital sustainability fee to be administered by the department of human services, which shall use the revenue from the fee and associated federal medicaid matching funds exclusively to…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-3
Definitions
. As used in this chapter: "Department" means the department of human services. "Fiscal year" means a twelve-month period from July 1 of a particular calendar year to June 30 of the following calendar year, inclusive. "Hospital" means any facility licensed pursuant to chapter 11-93, Hawaii Administrative Rules. "Inpati…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-4
Hospital sustainability program special fund
(a) There is created in the state treasury the hospital 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 hospital sustainability program special fund shall consist of: (1) All revenues collected or received…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-5
Hospital sustainability fee
(a) Effective July 1, 2012, or, if later, the effective date of any necessary federal approvals, the department shall charge and collect provider fees, to be known as the hospital sustainability fee, on inpatient and outpatient care services provided by private hospitals. (b) The hospital sustainability fee shall be ba…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-6
Hospital sustainability fee assessments
(a) Hospitals shall pay the hospital sustainability fee to the department in accordance with this chapter. (b) The department shall determine, upon good faith consultation and negotiations with the hospital trade association located in the State, the prospective fee rate for the applicable fiscal year. (c) The departme…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-7
Federal approval
The department shall seek waivers and any additional approvals from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that may be necessary to implement the hospital sustainability program, including approval of the contracts between the State and medicaid managed care health plans.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-8
Multifacility locations
If an entity conducts, operates, or maintains more than one hospital licensed by the department of health, the entity shall pay the hospital sustainability fees for each hospital separately, unless it operates and files more than one hospital under a single medicare cost report.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-9
Penalties for failure to pay the hospital sustainability fee
(a) If a hospital fails to pay the full amount of any hospital sustainability fee when due, there shall be added to the fee, unless waived by the department for reasonable cause, a penalty equal to two per cent of the fee that was not paid when due. Any subsequent payments shall be credited first to unpaid fee amounts…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-10
Private hospital payments through enhanced payments to medicaid managed care health plans. (
a) The department shall use moneys from the hospital sustainability program special fund solely to fulfill the requirements of section 346G-4(c). (b) In accordance with title 42 Code of Federal Regulations part 438, the department shall use revenues from the hospital sustainability fee and federal matching funds to enh…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-11
Special designation of hospital sustainability program special fund
Notwithstanding section 37-53, and any law or any administrative rule to the contrary, the specific purposes set out in section 346G-4(c) are established as being exclusive uses of the hospital sustainability program special fund. The hospital sustainability program special fund shall not and may not be used for any ot…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-12
Termination
(a) Collection of the hospital sustainability fee established by section 346G-5 shall be discontinued if: (1) The required federal approvals specified in section 346G-7 are not granted or are revoked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; (2) The department reduces reimbursement rates for private hospital s…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346G-13
Severability
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.