191.1056. Fund created, use of moneys.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

191.1056. Fund created, use of moneys.

Fund created, use of moneys.

191.1056. 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the"Missouri Health Care Access Fund", which shall consist of gifts, grants,and devises deposited into the fund with approval of the oversightcommittee created in section 208.955, RSMo. The state treasurer shall becustodian of the fund and may disburse moneys from the fund in accordancewith sections 30.170 and 30.180, RSMo. Disbursements from the fund shallbe subject to appropriations and the director shall approve disbursementsfrom the fund consistent with such appropriations to any eligible facilityto attract and recruit health care professionals and other necessarypersonnel, to purchase or rent facilities, to pay for facility expansion orrenovation, to purchase office and medical equipment, to pay personnelsalaries, or to pay any other costs associated with providing primaryhealth care services to the population in the facility's area of definedneed.

2. The state of Missouri shall provide matching moneys from thegeneral revenue fund equaling one-half of the amount deposited into thefund. The total annual amount available to the fund from state sourcesunder such a match program shall be five hundred thousand dollars forfiscal year 2008, one million five hundred thousand dollars for fiscal year2009, and one million dollars annually thereafter.

3. The maximum annual donation that any one individual or corporationmay make is fifty thousand dollars. Any individual or corporation,excluding nonprofit corporations, that make a contribution to the fundtotaling one hundred dollars or more shall receive a tax credit forone-half of all donations made annually under section 135.575, RSMo. Inaddition, any office or medical equipment donated to any eligible facilityshall be an eligible donation for purposes of receipt of a tax credit undersection 135.575, RSMo, but shall not be eligible for any matching fundsunder subsection 2 of this section.

4. If any clinic or facility has received money from the fund closesor significantly decreases its operations, as determined by the department,within one year of receiving such money, the amount of such money receivedand the amount of the match provided from the general revenue fund shall berefunded to each appropriate source.

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to thecontrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shallnot revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.

6. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the samemanner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on suchinvestments shall be credited to the fund.