08
LC 21 9603
House
Bill 906
By:
Representative Lunsford of the
110th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to purposes and powers of nonprofit corporations, so as to
provide that a nonprofit corporation engaged in the operation of a hospital
which does not provide a certain level of uncompensated indigent care shall pay
into the Indigent Care Trust Fund a certain amount; to provide that any such
corporation which fails to meet such level of indigent care provision shall be
treated as a for profit corporation for all purposes under Title 48 of the
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
3 of Chapter 3 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to purposes and powers of nonprofit corporations, is amended by adding a new
Code section as follows:
"14-3-306.
A
corporation which is organized under this chapter for the purpose of operating a
hospital shall provide uncompensated indigent care at a level established in
accordance with schedules created by the United States Department of Health and
Human Services for the provision of Medicaid fees and services equal to or
exceeding 6 percent of such corporation´s total compensated services. Any
such corporation which in any year fails to provide such level of uncompensated
indigent care shall pay into the Indigent Care Trust Fund created by Code
Section 31-8-152 an amount which equals the difference between the value of
uncompensated indigent care so calculated and 6 percent of the
corporation´s total compensated services. Any such corporation which fails
to render such minimum uncompensated indigent care for two consecutive years
shall cease to be eligible for treatment as a nonprofit corporation for all
purposes under Title 48."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.