00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 168(FIN)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to state certification and designation of trauma centers; creating the                                 
02 trauma care fund to offset trauma care provided at certified and designated trauma                                      
03 centers; and providing for an effective date."                                                                          
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 18.08.082 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
06            (c)  The commissioner shall establish special designations in regulation for                                 
07       varying levels of trauma care provided by a certified trauma center that shall be used                            
08       to set compensation eligibility and amounts under AS 18.08.085. The designations                                  
09       shall be based on nationally recognized standards and procedures.                                                 
10    * Sec. 2. AS 18.08 is amended by adding a new section to read:32                                                   
11            Sec. 18.08.085. Trauma care fund; creation. (a) The trauma care fund is                                    
12       created. The purpose of the fund is to compensate certified trauma centers in the state                           
13       that receive a special designation under AS 18.08.082(c).                                                         
14            (b)  The fund consists of money appropriated to it by the legislature, including                             

01       donations, recoveries of or reimbursements for awards made from the fund, income                                  
02       from the fund, and other program receipts from activities under this chapter.                                     
03       Appropriations to the fund do not lapse.                                                                          
04            (c)  The commissioner shall administer the fund in accordance with the                                       
05       provisions of this chapter. The commissioner shall spend money from the trauma care                               
06       fund for the purpose established in (a) of this section.                                                          
07            (d)  The commissioner shall establish compensation standards under this                                      
08       section. The standards must include funding priorities for trauma centers receiving a                             
09       special designation under AS 18.08.082(c). The commissioner may seek the advice of                                
10       a special committee for review of statewide trauma care and compensation standards.                               
11            (e)  The commissioner may not provide more than 25 percent of the total                                      
12       assets, including earnings, of the fund in a fiscal year to one trauma center.                                    
13    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).