A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to increase dental rates for medicaid‑eligible adults, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION ON MEDICAID REFORM.
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 two million four hundred twenty‑seven thousand four hundred fifty‑eight dollars ($2,427,458) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year and the sum of five million five hundred fifty‑nine thousand five hundred forty‑four dollars ($5,559,544) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to increase dental rates for dental services provided to Medicaid‑eligible adults.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.