GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1451*

Short Title:  Medicaid/AFDC St. of Need.	(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 TO INCREASE THE STANDARD OF NEED LEVEL FOR 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	$ 6,108 $ 2,172	$ 2,900
2	8,232 2,964	4,000
3	10,080 3,628	4,900
4	10,932 3,936	5,300
5	12,888 4,639	6,200
6	14,016 5,046	6,800
7	15,432 5,556	7,500
8	16,560 5,962	8,000
9	18,432 6,636	8,900
10	20,256 7,292	9,800
11	20,748 7,469	10,000
12	23,532 8,471	11,292

*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 thirty-six percent (36%) 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 seventeen million nine hundred twenty-five thousand two hundred seventy-three dollars ($17,925,273) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of twenty-three million two hundred eighty-six thousand one hundred ninety-four dollars ($23,286,194), to be allocated to the Division of Medical Assistance and the Division of Social Services to implement this act.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.