Arizona Revised Statutes Title 36. Public Health and Safety § 36-2999.57. Discontinuance of assessments

1. The quality assessment waiver or the state plan amendment reflecting the quarterly nursing facility adjustment payments is not approved by the centers for medicare and medicaid services.

2. The administration reduces funding for nursing facility services below the state appropriation in effect on the effective date of this article.

3. The administration or any other state agency attempts to use monies in the nursing facility assessment fund established pursuant to § 36-2999.53 for any use other than those permitted pursuant to this article.

4. Federal financial participation to match the quality assessments made pursuant to this article becomes unavailable under federal law, in which case the administration must terminate the imposition of the assessments beginning on the date the federal statutory, regulatory or interpretive changes take effect.