Section 108A-147.13 - Use of funds(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the proceeds of the health advancement assessments imposed under this Part, and all corresponding matching federal funds, shall only be used to fund the following:(1) Medicaid actual nonfederal expenditures for newly eligible individuals, including HASP directed payments.(2) Administrative expenditures for newly eligible individuals.(3) Administrative expenditures related to the HASP program.(b) The Department shall use an amount of the proceeds of the health advancement assessments that is equal to the county administration subcomponent of the administration component in G.S. 108A-147.7 to provide funding to county departments of social services to support the counties in determining eligibility for newly eligible individuals.(c) The amount of the proceeds of the health advancement assessments that may be used for administrative expenses attributable to providing Medicaid coverage to newly eligible individuals and administrative expenditures associated with the HASP program shall not exceed, for any State fiscal year, an amount equal to the sum of the State administration subcomponent of the administration component in G.S. 108A-147.7 for each quarter of the State fiscal year, and all corresponding matching federal funds.(d) The Department shall use an amount from the proceeds of the health advancement assessments equal to the State retention component in G.S. 108A-147.8, and all corresponding matching federal funds, for Medicaid program costs.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-147.13
Added by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 7,s. 1.6-b, eff. 3/27/2023, op. on the first day of the next assessment quarter after this act becomes law. Subsection (e) of this section becomes effective on the later of the following dates: (i) the first day of the next assessment quarter after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approve the initial 42 C.F.R. § 438.6(c) preprint requesting approval of the healthcare access and stabilization program (HASP) submitted in accordance with G.S. 108A-148.1 or (ii) the first day of the next assessment quarter after this act becomes law..