A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to phaseout the county share of the nonfederal share of medicaid costs over a five‑year period, and to provide that the total county share during the phaseout period shall not exceed the county share paid by each county for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the county portion of the nonfederal share of Medical Assistance Program costs, excluding administrative costs, is reduced by three percent (3%) each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, until the county portion of the nonfederal share, excluding administrative costs, equals zero percent (0%).  If the reduction in the county share for each fiscal year under this section results in a higher county share than the county share paid for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year, then the county share for the fiscal year shall be the amount of the reduction or the amount of the county share paid in the 2004‑2005 fiscal year, excluding administrative costs, whichever is less.  Effective July 1, 2009, the nonfederal share of Medical Assistance Program costs, excluding administrative costs, shall be borne by the State.
SECTION 2.  Effective July 1, 2009, G.S. 108A‑54 reads as rewritten:
"§ 108A‑54.  Authorization of Medical Assistance Program.
The Department is authorized and empowered to establish a Medical Assistance Program from federal and State appropriations and to adopt rules under which payments are to be made in accordance with the provisions of this Part."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.