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Section 3 (Part 5): Health Safety Net Contribution Study

Creates a special commission to study reducing or eliminating the payor assessment paid by insurers and self-insured employers for the Health Safety Net.

Section 28: Health Safety Net Trust Fund Subrogation

Changes references from “Uncompensated Care Pool” to “Health Safety Net Trust Fund” and permits sharing of information about Health Safety Net enrollees.

Section 30 (Part 3): Health Safety Net Office Duties

Establishes the Health Safety Net Office which administers the Health Safety Net program and the Health Safety Net Trust Fund.

Section 30 (Part 4): Health Safety Net Trust Fund

Establishes the Health Safety Net Trust Fund.

Section 30 (Part 5): Hospital Payments to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund

Sets out provisions to determine an acute hospital's payments to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund and mechanisms to enforce the liability.

Section 30 (Part 6): Payer Surcharge to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund

Sets out provisions to determine acute hospital and ambulatory surgical center surcharge payments to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund.

Section 30 (Part 7): Health Safety Net Payments to Hospitals and Community Health Centers

Establishes provisions governing payments from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund to acute hospitals and community health centers.

Section 117: Balance Transfer from Uncompensated Care Trust Fund to Health Safety Net Trust Fund

Transfers the balance in the Uncompensated Care Trust Fund, which is to be abolished, to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund.

Section 124: Hospital and Payer Payments for Uncompensated Care Pool

Establishes hospital and surcharge payer liability and hospital payments for the Uncompensated Care pool for fiscal year 2007.

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