A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO INCREASE MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO HOSPITALS FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, the sum of thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to increase hospital outpatient payments under Medicaid from eighty percent (80%) of cost to eighty‑three percent (83%) of cost.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.