00                            SENATE BILL NO. 168                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to state certification and designation of trauma centers; creating the                                 
02 uncompensated trauma care fund to offset uncompensated trauma care provided at                                          
03 certified and designated trauma 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:                                                     
11            Sec. 18.08.085. Uncompensated trauma care fund; creation. (a) The                                          
12       uncompensated trauma care fund is created. The purpose of the fund is to compensate                               
13       certified trauma centers in the state that receive a special designation under                                    
14       AS 18.08.082(c) for care uncompensated by the person receiving the care or by any                                 

01       other source.                                                                                                     
02            (b)  The fund consists of money appropriated to it by the legislature, including                             
03       donations, recoveries of or reimbursements for awards made from the fund, income                                  
04       from the fund, and other program receipts from activities under this chapter.                                     
05       Appropriations to the fund do not lapse.                                                                          
06            (c)  The commissioner shall administer the fund in accordance with the                                       
07       provisions of this chapter. The commissioner shall spend money from the                                           
08       uncompensated trauma care fund for the purpose established in (a) of this section. The                            
09       commissioner may establish and seek the advice of a special committee for review of                               
10       statewide trauma care and compensation standards.                                                                 
11            (d)  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).