00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 215(HSS)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to program receipts; and relating to fees for services provided by the                                 
02 Department of Health and Social Services."                                                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 37.05.146(c) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                         
05                 (90)  the following fees, receipts, income, and monetary recoveries                                     
06       collected by the Department of Health and Social Services:                                                        
07                      (A)  receipts of the Department of Health and Social Services,                                     
08            Bureau of Vital Statistics;                                                                                  
09                      (B)  monetary recoveries of Medicaid expenditures from                                             
10            recipients, third parties, and providers under AS 47;                                                        
11                      (C)  the state's share of overpayments collected under                                             
12            AS 47.05.080;                                                                                                
13                      (D)  income received from a state or federal agency for children                                   
14            in foster care under AS 47.14.100;                                                                           

01 (E)  fees received or collected under AS 44.29.022 for nursing                                                          
02 and planning services provided at health centers, genetic screening clinics and                                         
03 specialty clinics, the certification of x-ray machines, the alcohol safety action                                       
04            program, and other public health programs and services;                                                      
05                      (F)  fees received under AS 18.08.080 for the certification of                                     
06            emergency medical technicians, emergency medical dispatchers, and                                            
07            emergency medical technician instructors;                                                                    
08                      (G)  fees received under AS 47.32;                                                                 
09                      (H)  the state's share of child support collections for                                            
10 reimbursement of the cost of the Alaska temporary assistance program as                                                 
11            provided under AS 25.27.120, 25.27.130, and AS 47.27.040; and                                                
12 (I)  monetary recoveries under AS 09.58 (Alaska Medical                                                                 
13            Assistance False Claim and Reporting Act).                                                                   
14    * Sec. 2. AS 44.29.022(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
15 (a)  The commissioner of health and social services may establish by                                                    
16 regulation a schedule of reasonable fees for services provided by the Department of                                     
17 Health and Social Services under AS 44.29.020(a)(1) - (8) and (14)                                                  
18 [AS 44.29.020(a)(1) - (8)], AS 47.10, AS 47.12, AS 47.14, AS 47.30.655 - 47.30.910,                                     
19 [AND] AS 47.80.100 - 47.80.170, and for the administration of public health                                         
20 programs under AS 18. The fee established for a service may not exceed the actual                                   
21 cost of providing the service. The commissioner may define or establish the "actual                                     
22 cost of providing a service" by regulation. The Department of Health and Social                                         
23 Services shall charge and collect the fees established under this subsection. The                                       
24 department may waive collection of a fee upon a finding that collection is not                                          
25       economically feasible or in the public interest.                                                                  
26    * Sec. 3. AS 37.05.146(c)(42), 37.05.146(c)(59), 37.05.146(c)(60), 37.05.146(c)(61),                               
27 37.05.146(c)(62), 37.05.146(c)(63), 37.05.146(c)(64), 37.05.146(c)(65), 37.05.146(c)(66),                               
28 37.05.146(c)(67), 37.05.146(c)(71), and 37.05.146(c)(88) are repealed.