GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1550

Short Title:  Medicaid/AFDC Standards/Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Walker; Harris, Hunt, Lee, Marvin, and Richardson.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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June 6, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO INCREASE THE 1989 MEDICAID AND AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN INCOME ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Subsection (d) of Section 70 of Chapter 500 of the 1989 Session Laws, as rewritten by Section 135 of Chapter 752 of the 1989 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
	"(d)	Medicaid and Aid to Families with Dependent Children Income Eligibility Standards.  Effective until December 31, 1989, the maximum net family annual income eligibility standards for Medicaid and Aid to Families with Dependent Children and the Standard of Need for Aid to Families with Dependent Children shall continue as set by Section 67 of Chapter 738 of the 1987 Session Laws.  Effective January 1, 1990 until September 30, 1990,  the maximum net family annual income eligibility standards for Medicaid and Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and the Standard of Need for Aid to Families with Dependent Children shall be as follows: 	Categorically Needy	Medically Needy
Family	Standard	AFDC Payment
Size	Of Need	Level*	AA,AB,AD*
1	 $4,344	$2,172	$2,900
2	  5,664	 2,832	 3,800
3	  6,582	 3,264	 4,400
4	  7,128	 3,564	 4,800
5	  7,776	 3,888	 5,200
6	  8,376	 4,188	 5,600
7	  8,952	 4,476	 6,000
8	  9,256	 4,680	 6,300Effective October 1, 1990, the maximum net family annual income eligibility standards for Medicaid and Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and the Standard of Need for Aid to Families with Dependent Children shall be as follows:	Categorically Needy	Medically Needy
Family	Standard	AFDC Payment
Size	Of Need	Level*	AA,AB,AD*
1	$ 4,800	$2,400	$3,200
2	 6,240	 3,120	 4,200
3	 7,200	 3,600	 4,800
4	 7,848	 3,924	 5,230
5	 8,568	 4,284	 5,800
6	 9,216	 4,608	 6,200
7	 9,864	 4,932	 6,600
8	10,296	 5,148	 6,900*	Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Aid to the Aged (AA); Aid to the Blind (AB); Aid to the Disabled (AD).
The payment level for Aid to Families with Dependent Children shall be fifty percent (50%) of the standard of need.
These standards may be changed with the approval of the Director of the Budget with the advice of the Advisory Budget Commission."
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources the sum of $8,054,570 for the 1990-91 fiscal year to fund this act.
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1990.