GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1251
     

 
Short Title:	LRC Study State Pays Full Medicaid Share.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Goodwin; and Russell.	
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISsION TO STUDY THE STATE's PAYING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE NONFEDERAL SHARE OF MEDICAID COSTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Legislative Research Commission may study the feasibility of the State's paying one hundred percent (100%) of the nonfederal share of Medicaid costs.  In conducting the study, the Commission shall consider ways in which the State could recoup some of the additional cost to the State of paying the county nonfederal Medicaid share, including the impact of counties bearing the full cost of facility requirements for the public education system, as currently provided for in G.S. 115C‑408(b). The Commission may make a progress report to the 2001 General Assembly, 2002 Regular Session, upon its convening and shall make its final report to the 2003 General Assembly upon its convening.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.