TITLE 56

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 16

IDAHO INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY ASSESSMENT ACT

56-1607.  termination of ICF assessments. (1) The ICF assessment shall terminate and the department shall discontinue the imposition, assessment and collection of the ICF assessment if the plan amendment incorporating the payment in section 56-1604, Idaho Code, is not approved by CMS. In the event that CMS subsequently determines that the operation of this assessment program fails to abide by federal statute, regulation and/or CMS policy, the state shall return funds back to the providers on a pro rata basis of the assessments collected. The payment calculations in sections 56-1604 and 56-1609, Idaho Code, may be modified if necessary to obtain CMS approval of the plan amendment.

(2)  Upon termination of the assessment, all collected assessment revenues, less any amounts expended by the department, shall be returned on a pro rata basis to ICFs that paid the ICF assessment.

History:

[56-1607, added 2011, ch. 164, sec. 24, p. 481.]