68-971. Amendment to medicaid state plan or waiver; Nebraska Regional Poison Center; payments; use; department; duties; University of Nebraska Medical Center; report.

(1) On or before January 1, 2012, the department shall submit an application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to amend the medicaid state plan or seek a waiver to provide for utilization of the unused administrative cap to allow for payments to the Nebraska Regional Poison Center funded through the University of Nebraska Medical Center Cash Fund to help offset the cost for treatment of children who are eligible for assistance under the medical assistance program and the Children's Health Insurance Program established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq., pursuant to the federal Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, Public Law 111-3, as such act existed on January 1, 2010.

(2) Upon approval of the amendment to the medicaid state plan or the granting of the waiver, the University of Nebraska Medical Center shall transfer an amount, not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars, to the Health and Human Services Cash Fund for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to meet the state match to maximize the use of the unused administrative cap money. At the time the department receives the transferred amount or any portion thereof and the corollary federal funds, the department shall transfer the combined funds to the University of Nebraska Medical Center Cash Fund for operation of the Nebraska Regional Poison Center. If no amendment is approved nor waiver granted or if less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars is needed for the match, then the University of Nebraska Medical Center may use the remaining state appropriation for the operation of the Nebraska Regional Poison Center.

(3) The University of Nebraska Medical Center shall report electronically to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst on or before October 1 of every year the amount transferred to the department in the prior fiscal year and the amount of matching funds received under this section for the Nebraska Regional Poison Center in the prior fiscal year.

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