GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 176*

 
 
Short Title:	Medicaid Waiver/Adult Day Health Services.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Carter;  Garrou, Hagan, Metcalf, and Purcell.	
Referred to:	Health Care.	
February 19, 2001

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO APPLY FOR A MEDICAID WAIVER TO PROVIDE MEDICAID COVERAGE TO ADULT DAY HEALTH SERVICES CLIENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services shall apply to the United States Health Care Financing Administration for a waiver to provide Medicaid coverage for eligible clients of adult day health services.  If the waiver is granted, the Department shall not implement the waiver unless the implementation is approved and enacted by the General Assembly and funds are appropriated for that purpose.  The Department shall report the status of the waiver to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Human Resources and the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services on October 1, 2001, and March 1, 2002.  The report shall include the estimated amount of funds needed to implement the waiver.  Nothing in this act obligates the General Assembly to appropriate funds to implement a Medicaid waiver granted by the federal government for the purposes stated in this act.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.