GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 5

Short Title:  Medicaid Eligibility/Disabled, Aged.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Daniel; Perdue, Tally, and Seymour.
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Referred to:  Children and Human Resources.
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January 28, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE MEDICAID COVERAGE TO ELDERLY, BLIND, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS AND IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MEDICAID RESOURCES STUDY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Effective July 1, 1994, the Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance  shall provide Medicaid coverage to all elderly, blind, and disabled beneficiaries of the Supplemental Security Income Program.
Sec. 2.  Effective July 1, 1994, the Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance shall provide Medicaid coverage to all aged and disabled persons who meet categorical and resources requirements, and whose countable income does not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level.
Sec. 3.  Effective July 1, 1994, the Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance shall adopt rules to implement the recommendations of the Medicaid Resources Study.
Sec. 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Medical Assistance, the sum of three hundred sixty-nine thousand eight hundred forty-one dollars ($369,841) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred eleven million four hundred ninety-six  thousand six hundred sixteen dollars ($111,496,616) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act. Of these funds, the sum of sixteen million six hundred eighty-one thousand sixteen dollars ($16,681,016) shall be allocated in the 1994-95 fiscal year to counties as a grant-in-aid to offset the cost of providing benefits to the persons 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. 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.