All expenses incurred by the department in administering this chapter, including, but not limited to, expenses for developing standards and processes to implement any of the provisions of this chapter, evaluating applications, or processing or granting appeals growing out of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be paid from the fund or directly by applicants, except that the department may accept funding from a not-for-profit group or foundation, or from a governmental entity providing grants for health-related activities, to administer this chapter.