NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 393

SENATE BILL 531

 

 

AN ACT TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE FUNDS NECESSARY TO MEET THE NONFEDERAL SHARE OF MEDICAID EXPENSES IN EXCESS OF COUNTY APPROPRIATIONS HERETOFORE MADE FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

 

Whereas, pursuant to G.S. 143-15, the Governor of North Carolina has recommended that an emergency appropriation bill be enacted to provide funds necessary to meet the nonfederal share of Medicaid expenses in excess of county appropriations heretofore made for the current fiscal year; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated to the State Department of Social Services out of the General Fund of the State the sum of $1,000,000, to be placed in the State Fund for Medical Assistance, to be expended for the purposes and in the manner set out in this act.

Sec. 2.  After the effective date of this act the State Department of Social Services shall, on behalf of counties qualifying under Section 3 of this act, pay from the State Fund for Medical Assistance such counties' part of the nonfederal share of the expense of the program of medical assistance provided for in Part 5 of Article 2 of Chapter 108 of the General Statutes for the remainder of the current fiscal year.

Sec. 3.  Any county which has expended all appropriated funds for Medicaid, including any available surplus from Public Assistance categories, Social Services Administration, or other appropriations for Social Services, may qualify for State assumption of Medicaid expenses for the remainder of the current fiscal year by certifying such fact to the State Department of Social Services. The Commissioner of Social Services shall prescribe the manner and form of such certification. Section 8(f) of Chapter 807 of the Session Laws of 1969 is hereby modified to the extent of the appropriation made by this act.

Sec. 4.  It shall be the duty of the Board of County Commissioners of each county qualifying under this act to pay into the State Fund for Medical Assistance during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1971, an amount equal to the amount expended on behalf of such county, if any, pursuant to this act. The Advisory Budget Commission may require the Department of Social Services to withhold allocation of State Aid to Counties for Social Services Administration to that county beginning October 1, 1971, until such county has paid into the State Fund for Medical Assistance an amount equal to the amount expended on behalf of such county pursuant to this Act.

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of May, 1971.