H.B. 284 Enrolled

HOSPITAL PROVIDER ASSESSMENT ACCOUNT AMENDMENTS
1999 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Margaret Dayton
AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH; REPEALING THE HOSPITAL PROVIDER
ASSESSMENT UPON THE RECEIPT OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS AFTER
JANUARY 2000.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
26-40-114, as enacted by Chapter 360, Laws of Utah 1998
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 26-40-114 is amended to read:
26-40-114. Repeal of assessment.
(1) This assessment shall be repealed upon:
(a) the certification by the executive director or court order that the sooner of the following
has occurred:
[(1)] (i) the effective date of any existing or future action by Congress to disqualify the
assessments from counting toward state funds available to be used to determine the federal
financial participation in the program; or
[(2)] (ii) the effective date of any decision, enactment, or other determination by the
Legislature or by any court, officer, department, or agency of the state or of the federal government
that has the effect of disqualifying the assessments from counting toward state funds available to
be used to determine federal financial participation in the program; or
(b) the July 1 following the date on which the state receives the first annual payment after
January 1, 2000, of at least $22,000,000 under the terms of the settlement agreement that the state
entered into with leading tobacco manufacturers on November 23, 1998.
(2) Nothing in Subsection (1)(b) may be construed as relating to the initial payment, as
defined under the terms of the settlement agreement, that the state is scheduled to receive before
June 30, 2000, and in addition to annual payments.

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