A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow counties to opt out of a statewide nonemergency medical transportation system for medicaid recipients.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  In lieu of having its residents participate in a statewide nonemergency medical transportation system, as contemplated by Section 10.7 of S.L. 2012‑142, a county may instead operate its own nonemergency medical transportation system for Medicaid recipients. If a county operates its own system, the county shall reimburse the State for the State's portion of any additional costs incurred by not participating in the statewide system. The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, shall calculate and inform a county of the additional costs incurred by a county not participating in the statewide nonemergency medical transportation system. For purposes of this section, the term "additional costs" includes (i) the costs of overseeing the county's system above the amount that the State would have spent to administer transportation within the county through the statewide nonemergency medical transportation system and (ii) any State liability for misuses or abuses of the nonemergency medical transportation system within the county.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.