A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to phase out the county share of the costs of the state‑county special assistance program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the county share of the nonfederal costs of Medicaid services paid to adult care homes under the State‑County Special Assistance Program shall be reduced by ten percent (10%) each fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2005, until the county share, excluding administrative costs, equals zero percent (0%). Effective July 1, 2009, the State shall pay one hundred percent (100%), excluding administrative costs, of the nonfederal costs of the State‑County Special Assistance Program.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.