GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1450*

Short Title:  Medicaid/AFDC Increase.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Easterling, Nye (Co-sponsors); and Bowman.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 17, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A TEN PERCENT INCREASE IN PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICAID AND AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Effective October 1, 1993, 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	$ 4,776 $ 2,388	$ 3,200
2	6,228 3,114	4,200
3	7,176 3,588	4,800
4	7,836 3,918	5,300
5	8,556 4,278	5,800
6	9,216 4,608	6,200
7	9,852 4,926	6,600
8	10,188 5,094	6,800

*Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Aid to the Aged (AA); Aid to the Blind (AB); and 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.  (a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Social Services, Department of Human Resources, the sum of five million four hundred ninety-nine thousand eight hundred fifty-six dollars ($5,499,856) and the sum of eight million six hundred ninety-eight thousand one hundred fourteen dollars ($8,698,114) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to implement this act.
(b)	There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Medical Assistance, Department of Human Resources, the sum of fourteen million one hundred forty-four thousand one hundred forty-four dollars ($14,144,144) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of eighteen million nine hundred forty-eight thousand four hundred ninety dollars ($18,948,490) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to implement this act.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.