NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1224

SENATE BILL 925

 

 

AN ACT TO MODIFY THE INCOME ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR MEDICALLY NEEDY RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAID, SO AS TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION'S COMMITTEE ON AGING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The fourth paragraph of Section 23 of the 1977 North Carolina Session Laws Chapter 1136, which sets maximum net family annual income eligibility standards for Medicaid, is rewritten to read as follows:

"Maximum net family annual income eligibility standards for Medicaid shall be as follows:

                                                Categorically Needy

Family Size                         AFDC*              AA,AB,AD*                   Medically Needy

1                                $1,452                  $1,700                                 $1,900

2                                  1,908                    2,200                                   2,500

3                                  2,196                    2,500                                   2,800

4                                  2,400                    2,800                                   3,100

5                                  2,628                    3,000                                   3,400

6                                  2,832                    3,200                                   3,600

7                                  3,036                    3,400                                   3,900

8                                  3,168                    3,600                                   4,100

9                                  3,300                    3,800                                   4,200

10                                3,480                    4,000                                   4,500

11                                3,660                    4,200                                   4,700

12                                3,840                    4,400                                   4,900

13                                4,020                    4,600                                   5,200

[*Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Aid to the Aged (AA); Aid to the Blind (AB); and Aid to the Disabled (AD).] Any change in these standards must be approved by the Governor and the Advisory Budget Commission."

Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund of the State to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Social Services, Medical Assistance Program, the sum of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) for the fiscal year 1978-79. These funds are in addition to any other appropriation, and they are to be used to pay the additional cost of increasing the income eligibility standards for medically needy recipients of Medicaid.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1978.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1978.