A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the department of health and human services to review options for increasing medicaid medically needy income limits, as recommended by the north carolina study commission on aging.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, shall study the medically needy income standard.  The study shall include determining a method for increasing the current standard while providing improved consistency across long‑term care settings.  The Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging not later than September 1, 2008.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.