GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 322*

 
 
Short Title:	Medicaid Income Limits Increase.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Insko;  Adams, Church, Clary, Earle, Luebke, and Warren.	
Referred to:	Aging, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.	
February 28, 2001

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO REVIEW OPTIONS UNDER FEDERAL LAW FOR INCREASING MEDICAID MEDICALLY NEEDY INCOME LIMITS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services shall review the options available under federal law to increase the Medicaid medically needy income limits for all Medicaid eligible populations.  The review shall include the potential impact on county budgets of increasing the medically needy income limits.  The Department of Health and Human Services shall report its findings and recommendations to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging not later than October 1, 2001.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.