H1043 - 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act. (SL 2020-4)

Overview: Section 3.3(32) of S.L. 2020-4, as amended by Section 1.1(d) of S.L. 2020-80, requires the Office of State Budget and Management to allocate $7,425,000 of the funds appropriated from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to the North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NCAFCC), a nonprofit organization, to be used for distribution to its member clinics to cover the cost of eligible health services provided during the COVID-19 emergency and other costs allowed pursuant to federal guidance. The NCAFCC is required by August 1, 2020, to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division on a plan for allocating the funds received under this section, and by February 1, 2021, on the use of these funds by recipients.

This section, as amended, became effective July 1, 2020.

Section 1.2 of S.L. 2020-97 amended Section 3.3(32) of S.L. 2020-4, as amended by Sec.1.1(d) of S.L. 2020-80, to increase the amount of the allocation from $7,425,000 to $12,425,000 and in addition to August 1, 2020, a reporting date of November 1, 2020, was added.

The increased allocation and additional reporting date became effective September 4, 2020.