A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT DIRECTING THE Department of Health and Human Services, DIVISION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY FOR REINVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY SAVINGS REALIZED FroM THE COMMUNITY CARE OF NORTH CAROLINA PROGRAM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION ON MEDICAID REFORM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, shall develop and implement a methodology for reinvesting savings realized from the Community Care of North Carolina Program back into the community.  The Department of Health and Human Services shall report on the methodology not later than January 1, 2006, to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research Division.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.