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Title 29. Municipal Government

Chapter 60. State Programs

Section 120. State Aid to Municipalities and Other Eligible Recipients For Health Facilities and Hospitals.

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AS 29.60.120. State Aid to Municipalities and Other Eligible Recipients For Health Facilities and Hospitals.

(a) The department shall pay

(1) to a municipality that has the power to provide hospital facilities and services and that exercises that power, $1,000 per bed for each bed actually used for patient care, limited to the number of beds provided for in the construction design of the hospital, or $250,000 a hospital for those hospitals with 10 or more beds, or $50,000 a hospital for those hospitals with less than 10 beds, as the municipality may elect; money received under this paragraph may be used only for hospitals and shall be apportioned among qualifying hospitals as the municipality determines;

(2) on the basis set out in (1) of this subsection to a municipality for a nonprofit hospital not operated by a municipality if the municipality first certifies to the department that the nonprofit hospital is in compliance with all standards for hospitals that have been adopted by the municipality; money may not be paid on behalf of a nonprofit hospital without this certification; payments to the municipality shall be transferred to the nonprofit hospital in accordance with the basis by which the payment was generated by the hospital, and shall be applied to the annual cost of operation and maintenance of the hospital or for the provision of health care service at the hospital as the directors of the hospital determine;

(3) to a municipality in which a health facility is operated, $2,000 per bed for each bed actually used for patient care, limited to the number of beds provided for in the construction design of the health facility, or $8,000 per health facility as the municipality determines.

(b) A hospital may not receive payment under both (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section.

(c) Money received by a municipality under (a)(3) of this section shall be used for expenses of health services or operation and maintenance of health facilities as the municipality determines.

(d) Before money may be distributed under this section, the commissioner of health and social services shall certify to the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development that any accumulation of assets by nonprofit corporations or other recipients under this section is dedicated irrevocably to a public purpose.

(e) Subsections (a) and (c) of this section apply to home rule and general law municipalities.

(f) In this section

(1) "health facility"

(A) means a facility that is licensed or certified by the state or approved under regulations adopted by the department and that is owned or operated or both by a municipality or by a nonprofit corporation or other nonprofit sponsor;

(B) includes a public health center, maternity home, community mental health center, facility for persons with mental or physical disabilities, nursing home, convalescent center, domestic violence or sexual assault shelter qualified to receive a grant or contract under AS 18.66, or alcohol or drug abuse facility that meets standards established under AS 47.37;

(C) excludes a facility operated or wholly supported by the state or the federal government;

(2) "hospital" means a licensed hospital determined by the Department of Health and Social Services to be a general or special hospital; the term excludes a facility operated or wholly supported by the state or the federal government.