Ala. Code § 40-26B-77.1 — Intergovernmental Transfers to the Medicaid Agency. (Amended by Act 2026-391)

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-391, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.
(a) Beginning on October 1, 2016, and ending on September 30, 2028, publicly owned and state-owned hospitals shall begin making intergovernmental transfers to the Alabama Medicaid Agency. Total IGTs for the total intergovernmental transfers shall equal the amount of state funds necessary for the agency to obtain only those federal matching funds necessary to pay publicly owned and state-owned hospitals for hospital payments.
(b) These intergovernmental transfers shall be made in compliance with 42 U.S.C. § 1396b(w).
(c) If a publicly or state-owned hospital commences operations after October 1, 2013, the hospital shall commence making intergovernmental transfers to the Alabama Medicaid Agency in the first full month of operation of the hospital after October 1, 2013.