A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase Medicaid rates paid to primary care physicians for certain services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the General Assembly to increase the Medicaid reimbursement for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes 99213, 99391, 99392, and 99393 when the service is provided by a primary care physician.
SECTION 2.  The Department of Health and Human Services shall submit a State Plan Amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to increase reimbursement as provided in Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.