A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PHASE OUT THE COUNTY SHARE OF THE NONFEDERAL SHARE OF MEDICAID COSTS OVER A FIVE‑YEAR PERIOD.
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, 2011, one hundred percent (100%) of the nonfederal share of the Medical Assistance Program, excluding administrative costs, shall be borne by the State.
SECTION 2.  Effective July 1, 2011, 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.