GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 4

Short Title:  Medicaid Coverage/Children.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Daniel; Jordan, Perdue, Tally, and Seymour.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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January 28, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN FAMILIES WITH INCOMES UP TO ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Effective October 1, 1993, the Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, shall implement Medicaid coverage for all children up to the age of 19 who live in families with countable incomes up to one hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of the federal poverty level.
Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, the sum of fifty-five million nine hundred five thousand two hundred fifty-three dollars ($55,905,253) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of eighty-two million nine hundred ninety-four thousand one hundred four dollars ($82,994,104) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act. Of these funds, the sum of eight million three hundred eighty-seven thousand nine hundred eighty-two dollars ($8,387,982) in the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of twelve million four hundred forty-two thousand seven dollars ($12,442,007) in the 1994-95 fiscal year shall be allocated to counties as a grant-in-aid to offset the cost of providing benefits to children newly eligible as a result of this program expansion. The grant to each county shall be calculated by a formula that estimates the county's relative share of the statewide total of new eligibles who qualify due to this program expansion.
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.