GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 127
HOUSE BILL 373

AN ACT TO INCLUDE QUALIFIED DISABLED WORKING INDIVIDUALS IN MEDICARE AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Part 6 of Article 2 of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 108A-67.  Medicare/Qualified Disabled Working Individuals.
Qualified disabled working individuals are eligible for the payment of the Medicare Part A premium.  An individual is qualified for this payment:
(1)	If the Social Security Administration determines the individual to be a 'Disabled Working Individual';
(2)	If the individual's income is less than two hundred percent (200%) of the current federal poverty level, as revised annually; and
(3)	If the individual is less than 65 years of age."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of May, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives