30:4D-7v Imposition of fee.
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5. a. The fee imposed pursuant to subsection c. of section 3 of this act shall be imposed in relation to health care items or services provided only during the effective period of this act, and shall not be collected until the commissioner notifies the appropriate governmental entities that any State plan amendment or waivers submitted pursuant to section 6 of this act have been approved.
b. No hospital subject to the fee shall pass on the cost of the fee to any patient, insurer, self-insured employer program, or other responsible party, nor list it separately on any invoice or statement sent to a patient, insurer, self-insured employer program, or other responsible party.
c. Unless otherwise prohibited by the federal government, no managed care organization operating in the State that has contracted with Medicaid shall retain any funds generated by the fee, other than to offset any increased administrative costs incurred as a result of the program.
d. Funds generated by the fee shall not supplant or offset any current or future State funds allocated to a county participating in the program.
e. Payments distributed to hospitals pursuant to this act shall not supplant or offset any current or future funds paid to hospitals through other State or federal funding mechanisms or pools.
L.2018, c.136, s.5; amended 2022, c.61, s.5.