2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 33 Human Services
Chapter 19 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
§ 1901d State health care resources fund

§ 1901d. State health care resources fund

(a) The state health care resources fund is established in the treasury as a special fund to be a source of financing health care coverage for beneficiaries of the state health care assistance programs under the Global Commitment to health waiver approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act and for the Catamount Health assistance program under subchapter 3A of chapter 19 of this title.

(b) Into the fund shall be deposited:

(1) all revenue from the tobacco products tax and from the cigarette tax levied pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 205;

(2) revenue from health care provider assessments pursuant to subchapter 2 of chapter 19 of this title;

(3) revenue from the employer health care premium contribution pursuant to 21 V.S.A. chapter 25;

(4) revenue from health care claims assessments pursuant to 8 V.S.A. § 4089l;

(5) premium amounts paid by individuals unless paid directly to the insurer;

(6) the proceeds from grants, donations, contributions, taxes, and any other sources of revenue as may be provided by statute, rule, or act of the general assembly; and

(7) any remaining balance in the terminated Catamount fund as of June 30, 2012.

(c) The fund shall be administered pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5, except that interest earned on the fund and any remaining balance shall be retained in the fund. The agency shall maintain records indicating the amount of money in the fund at any time.

(d) All monies received by or generated to the fund shall be used only as allowed by appropriation of the general assembly for the administration and delivery of health care covered through state health care assistance programs administered by the agency under the Global Commitment for Health Medicaid Section 1115 waiver, the Catamount Health assistance program under subchapter 3A of chapter 19 of this title, employer-sponsored insurance premium assistance under section 1974 of this title, immunizations under 18 V.S.A. § 1130, and the development and implementation of the Blueprint for Health under 18 V.S.A. § 702. (Added 2005, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 16a, eff. July 1, 2006; amended 2005, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 41; 2007, No. 65, § 387, eff. June 4, 2007; 2011, No. 45, § 36o; 2011, No. 75 (Adj. Sess.), § 110.)