S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Sec. 11H.13 of S.L. 2017-57 pertains to Medicaid reimbursement to hospitals for graduate medical education costs. A provision in the 2015 budget bill imposed certain prohibitions on Medicaid reimbursement for graduate medical education costs. This section directs that for the period July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2019, the Division of Medical Assistance of the Department of Health and Human Services is not required to implement the prohibitions on reimbursement for graduate medical education that were required by the 2015 budget bill. This section states the General Assembly's intent to provide funding to continue the reimbursement for graduate medical education beyond the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium as part of the Medicaid transformation required by legislation passed in 2015. This section requires the Division of Medical Assistance to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice by January 1, 2018, on Medicaid spending for graduate medical education as well as other Medicaid spending.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.