Sec. 297.154.  PURPOSE; CORRECTION OF INVALID PROVISION OR PROCEDURE.  (a)  The purpose of this chapter is to generate revenue by collecting from institutional health care providers a mandatory payment to be used to provide the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program.
(b)  To the extent any provision or procedure under this chapter causes a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter to be ineligible for federal matching funds, the county may provide by rule for an alternative provision or procedure that conforms to the requirements of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 177 (H.B. 2913), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2015.