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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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