A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PHASE OUT THE COUNTY SHARE OF THE NONFEDERAL SHARE OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COSTS.
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 the State Medical Assistance Program is reduced by three percent (3%) each fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2006, until the county portion of the nonfederal share, excluding administrative costs, equals zero percent (0%).  Effective July 1, 2010, one hundred percent (100%) of the nonfederal share of the costs of the Medical Assistance Program, excluding administrative costs, shall be borne by the State.
SECTION 2.  Effective July 1, 2010, 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 and regulations under which payments are to be made in accordance with the provisions of this Part. "
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.