2017 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Health
Chapter 11 - Health Facilities and Resources
Part 11 - Indigent Health Care
§ 68-11-1102. Indigent health care risk fund -- Created -- Allocations.

Universal Citation: TN Code § 68-11-1102 (2017)
  • (a) There is created within the state treasury an indigent health care risk fund to be administered by the commissioner of finance and administration, with the approval of the governor.
  • (b) The fund shall allocate the total revenue received by the state pursuant to § 68-11-216, less such amounts for administrative costs as may be set forth in the general appropriations act, pursuant to rules and regulations that the commissioner is authorized to promulgate.
  • (c) In allocating the funds in the indigent health care risk fund, consideration shall be given by the commissioner to:
    • (1) The relative amounts of bad debt, medically indigent and charity care provided by the hospitals;
    • (2) The amount of government subsidies to the hospitals; and
    • (3) Any other factor relating to indigent care as determined by the commissioner.
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