Section 108A-147.1 - Public hospital health advancement assessment(a) The public hospital health advancement assessment imposed under this Part shall apply to all public acute care hospitals.(b) The public hospital health advancement assessment shall be assessed as a percentage of each public acute care hospital's hospital costs. The assessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department in accordance with this Part. The percentage for each quarter shall equal the aggregate health advancement assessment collection amount calculated under G.S. 108A-147.3 multiplied by the public hospital historical assessment share and divided by the total hospital costs for all public acute care hospitals holding a license on the first day of the assessment quarter.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-147.1
Added by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 7,s. 1.6-b, eff. 3/27/2023, op. on the first day of the next assessment quarter after this act becomes law. Subsection (e) of this section becomes effective on the later of the following dates: (i) the first day of the next assessment quarter after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approve the initial 42 C.F.R. § 438.6(c) preprint requesting approval of the healthcare access and stabilization program (HASP) submitted in accordance with G.S. 108A-148.1 or (ii) the first day of the next assessment quarter after this act becomes law..