1. The Fund for Hospital Care to Indigent Persons is hereby created as a special revenue fund for the purposes described in NRS 428.115 to 428.255, inclusive.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, money collected or recovered pursuant to NRS 428.115 to 428.255, inclusive, and the interest earned on the money in the Fund must be deposited for credit to the Fund.
3. Any money paid by a county pursuant to NRS 428.255 must be accounted for separately in the Fund and must be used to reimburse or partially reimburse a hospital for unpaid charges for hospital care pursuant to NRS 428.115 to 428.255, inclusive, as other claims against the Fund are paid.
4. Claims against the Fund must be paid on claims approved by the Board.
5. Any money remaining in the Fund at the end of each fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund and must be carried over into the next fiscal year.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1941; A 1987, 207; 1997, 125; 2005, 1675; 2011, 345, 1910; 2013, 2882; 2015, 361)
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