GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1297*

Short Title:  Medicaid/Aged and Disabled.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Clary, Aldridge, Culp, Earle, G. Wilson; Allen, Baker, Beall, Bonner, Buchanan, Cansler, Cunningham, Dedmon, Esposito, Gardner, Hall, Hardy, Hill, H. Hunter, Jeffus, Justus, Kiser, Luebke, McComas, Mitchell, Moore, Morris, Nye, Preston, Rayfield, Sexton, Sherrill, Shubert, Smith, Thompson, and Watson.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 18, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE MEDICAID BENEFITS TO CERTAIN AGED AND DISABLED PERSONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of twenty-six million nine hundred fifty-five thousand seven hundred ninety dollars ($26,955,790) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to provide Medicaid benefits to aged and disabled persons whose annual income is equal to or less than one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.