NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 544

HOUSE BILL 456

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURES FOR NURSING HOME CARE FOR THE MEDICALLY NEEDY DURING THE LAST FOUR MONTHS OF THE 1972-73 FISCAL YEAR.

Whereas, an emergency situation has arisen in that needed nursing home care is not being provided to some persons; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Provisions of the 1971 Appropriations Act (Chapter 708) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Department of Human Resources, Office of Social Services, is hereby authorized to expend, from appropriations available in the 1972-73 fiscal year, amounts necessary to pay the cost of the entire nonfederal share of skilled nursing home care, which care shall be rendered on and after March 1, 1973, through June 30, 1973, for eligible medically needy persons; provided, however, that the total allowable cost per recipient per day shall not exceed eighteen dollars and fifty cents ($18.50).

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of May, 1973.