LD 889
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LR 253
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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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
3.__Funding.__Funding must be provided from a combination of
sources, including:

 
A.__Payments from other government sources, including
federal, state and other government health and aid
programs;

 
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;

 
C.__Payments from state, county and municipal governmental
units for coverage provided to employees of those units;

 
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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