50-5-232. Patient protection account. (1) There is a patient protection account in the state special revenue fund. The money in the account is statutorily appropriated to the department as provided in 17-7-502.
     (2) There is deposited in the patient protection account:
     (a) penalties collected pursuant to part 1 or 2 of this chapter;
     (b) money received by the department in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or appropriations from any source that are intended to be used for the purposes of the account; and
     (c) interest earned on money in the account.
     (3) The funds deposited in the patient protection account may be used only:
     (a) to pay for the costs of a receivership; and
     (b) to pay for the cost of department-initiated relocation of residents.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 415, L. 1993.