GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 212

Short Title:  GPAC/Medicaid Services Copayments.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford; and Blackmon.
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Referred to:  Government Performance Audit.
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February 17, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT A RECOMMENDATION OF THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO IMPOSE COPAYMENTS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL AND OTHER SERVICES FOR MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Effective January 1, 1993, the Division of Medical Assistance, Department of Human Resources, shall impose copayments for the following services:  home health, hospital inpatient, ambulatory surgical center, personal care, and durable medical equipment.  The copayments shall be established by rule and shall not exceed the limits allowed by federal law and regulation.
Sec. 2.  The base budget of the Division of Medical Assistance, Department of Human Resources, is reduced by five million seven hundred thousand dollars ($5,700,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and by six million one hundred thousand dollars ($6,100,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year due to the imposition of copayments mandated by Section 1 of this act.
Sec. 3.  It is the intent of the General Assembly to reduce the base budget of the Division of Medical Assistance, Department of Human Resources, in subsequent fiscal years due to this act's imposition of copayments, according to the following schedule:

Fiscal Year 	Amount
1995-96	$6,500,000
1996-97	$7,000,000
1997-98	$7,600,000
1998-99	$8,100,000
1999-00	$8,700,000
2000-01	$9,300,000
2001-02	$9,800,000.
Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.