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10.01.03.04 Hospital In-Patient Program

General Fund Appropriation for the purchase
of hospital in-patient care in the forty (40)
General Hospitals and seven (7) Special Hos-
pitals listed in the program and performance
statement for individuals whose financial
status is determined by the local Department
of Public Welfare under policies established
jointly by the State Department of Public
Welfare and the State Department of Health;
and for the purchase of nursing home care
for patients previously certified by the De-
partment of Public Welfare for care under
the In-Patient program who are discharged
from one of the listed hospitals prior to De-
partment of Public Welfare's determination
of eligibility for a grant for nursing home
care.

Payments for care rendered in General Hos-
pitals shall be the lesser of billings to other
patients for like services or 80% of each hos-
pital's verified average per diem cost of the
1962 fiscal year.

Payments for care rendered in Special Hospitals
shall be the lesser of billings to other patients
for like services or 80% of each hospital's
verified average per diem cost of the 1962
fiscal year, except that in the case of Eudo-
wood, a Tuberculosis Hospital, payments shall
be the lesser of the average cost in State-
owned Tuberculosis hospitals or 80% of the
verified average per diem cost for the 1962
fiscal year.

Payments for post hospital care in nursing
homes shall be at the rates established by
the Department of Public Welfare grant for
clients with comparable needs.

The State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene
is authorized to promulgate rules and regu-
lations for the operation of this program. In
the event that the Federal Government
makes funds available to the State for hos-
pitalization of the indigent, any part of this
appropriation may be used for matching pur-
poses by mutual consent of the institution
and the State Department of Health.............. 10,227,919

All or part of these appropriations may be
transferred to the State Department of Pub-
lic Welfare by approved budget amendment
in order for the State to be eligible to re-
ceive Federal matching funds for medical
care in the event that the Board of Public
Works deems such action to be desirable;
further all or any part of these appropri-
ations may be used for such matching pur-