Agency: Tax Commission

Line Item: Rural Health Care Facilities Distribution

Function

Rural Health Services (RHS) is a chapter in the "Utah Health Code" and was created to intiate the improvement and delivery of quality health care in the rural areas of Utah. The Rural Health Care Facilities Account (RHCFA) is the fund that enables RHS to carry out its mission through a transfer of RHCFA funds from the Tax Commission to local governments, it is used by rural hospitals to cover operating expenses.

Background

In FY 2011, four local governments used the funds (see below). Uintah County, formerly on this list, no longer receive funds as of FY 2011, the remainder of the $555,000 earmark lapses to the General Fund each year.

FY 2013 Distributions:

• Beaver City ($55,843);
• Daggett County ($15,941);
• Garfield County ($54,253); and
• Kane County ($92,773).

Statutory Authority

Utah Code 59-12-802 contains the details of the rural county health care facilities tax.

The RHCFA is created in UCA 26-9-4(2). Sources of revenue to the RHCFA and its authorized usage of appropriations are outlined in the same section.

Funding Detail

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