(a) In addition to the license fee provided by Section 247.024, the executive commissioner by rule shall adopt an annual fee to be collected by the department if the amount of the assisted living facility trust fund is less than $500,000. The fee shall be deposited to the credit of the assisted living facility trust fund created by this subchapter.
(b) The department may charge and collect a fee under this section more than once each year only if necessary to ensure that the amount in the assisted living facility trust fund is sufficient to make the disbursements required under Section 242.0965. If the department makes a second or subsequent assessment under this subsection in any year, the department shall notify the governor and the Legislative Budget Board.
(c) The executive commissioner shall set the fee on the basis of the number of beds in assisted living facilities required to pay the fee and in an amount necessary to provide not more than $500,000 in the assisted living facility trust fund.