NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 934

SENATE BILL 929

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 708 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1971 SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE TEN DAYS LIMITATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL PAYMENTS, AND TO CHANGE THE PROPORTIONATE PART OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO BE PAID BY THE STATE FROM 90% TO 85%.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 708 of the Session Laws of 1971, ratified on June 30, 1971, is amended by striking from Section 7, lines 26, 27 and 28, as they appear on page 18 in the printed committee substitute for Senate Bill 33, the words "limited to 10 days per spell of illness" so as to make line 25 on said page read "Inpatient Hospital x x Allowable costs".

Sec. 2.  Chapter 708 is further amended by striking from Section 7 the third paragraph from the end of the section reading "It is the intent of the General Assembly that the State will pay ninety percent (90%) and the counties will pay ten percent (10%) of the non-federal costs of applicable services under the Medicaid Program.", and inserting in lieu thereof a paragraph reading as follows:

"It is the intent of the General Assembly that the State will pay eighty-five percent (85%) and the counties will pay fifteen percent (15%) of the non-federal costs of applicable services under the Medicaid Program. The scope of services and the rate of payment herein provided will be effective August 1, 1971. It is the further intent of this General Assembly that every reasonable and effective means of controlling costs and preventing abuse of the Medicaid Program be employed by the State Department of Social Services and the county departments of social services."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This act shall be effective upon its ratification.

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