§ 108A-147.2A.  Freestanding psychiatric hospital health advancement assessment.

(a) The freestanding psychiatric hospital health advancement assessment imposed under this Part shall apply to all freestanding psychiatric hospitals.

(b) The freestanding psychiatric hospital health advancement assessment shall be assessed as a percentage of each freestanding psychiatric hospital's hospital costs. The assessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department in accordance with this Part. The percentage for each quarter shall equal the health advancement freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component calculated under G.S. 108A-147.6A divided by the total hospital costs for all freestanding psychiatric hospitals holding a license on the first day of the assessment quarter.  (2025-64, s. 6.1(m).)