68-965 Autism Treatment Program Cash Fund; created; use; investment. - Nebraska Statutes

68-965. Autism Treatment Program Cash Fund; created; use; investment.(1) The Autism Treatment Program Cash Fund is created. The fund shall include revenue transferred from the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund and revenue received from gifts, grants, bequests, donations, other similar donation arrangements, or other contributions from public or private sources. The department shall administer the fund. The Autism Treatment Program Cash Fund shall be used as the state's matching share for the waiver established under section 68-966 and for expenses incurred in the administration of the Autism Treatment Program. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.(2) The program shall utilize private funds deposited in the Autism Treatment Program Cash Fund and funds transferred by the Legislature from the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund to the Autism Treatment Program Cash Fund. Transfers from the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund in any fiscal year shall be contingent upon the receipt of private matching funds for such program, with no less than one dollar of private funds received for every two dollars transferred from the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund. No donations from a provider of services under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act shall be deposited into the Autism Treatment Program Cash Fund. SourceLaws 2007, LB482, § 4; R.S.1943, (2008), § 85-1,141; Laws 2009, LB27, § 5.Effective Date: May 27, 2009 Cross ReferencesNebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.