Nowhere in that article does it talk about paying for NICU patients directly (it mentions a grant to help invest in staffing and resources).
It nowhere mentions funding NICU operations, only it's accredidation.
"Schaefer said the money is meant to fund a pediatric residency training program the hospital hopes to launch this year, telehealth aimed at rural communities outside Knoxville, level one children's surgical verification through the American College of Surgeons, level four NICU accreditation and recruitment for pediatric neuroscience and epilepsy, gastroenterology and otolaryngology. "
20 years of anything isn't mentioned anywhere.