GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1858

Short Title:  Medicaid Applic. Staff Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Locks.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 9, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO HIRE MEDICAID WORKERS IN THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, the sum of $2,500,000 for the 1989-90 fiscal year and the sum of $2,750,000 for the 1990-91 fiscal year to be allocated among the county departments of social services to pay the non-federal cost of employing additional personnel needed to take and process applications for the Medicaid program, provided that these funds shall be allocated solely to those counties which maintain county funding for eligibility staff at the level appropriated for the 1989-90 fiscal year.  Each county which qualifies for funds under this section shall receive no less than the nonfederal share required to hire one full-time Medicaid worker in that county.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.