A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to Require the Department of Health and Human Services to set rates for State/County Special Assistance and Adult care home personal care services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  The Department of Health and Human Services shall set rates for State/County Special Assistance and for Adult Care Home Personal Care Services.  The Department may establish separate rates for residents of special care units.  The Department shall set rates using appropriate cost modeling methodology and cost reports submitted by adult care homes that receive State/County Special Assistance funds and shall ensure that cost reporting is comparable to State/County Special Assistance and Adult Care Home Personal Care Services at the same standards as apply to other service providers.
SECTION 1.(b)  The Department of Health and Human Services shall assure coordination of the State/County Special Assistance rate and the Adult Care Home Personal Care Services rate with the Division of Aging and Adult Services, the Division of Medical Assistance, and the Office of the State Controller.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.