Beginning with the calendar year 2020, no later than March 1 of each year, the Department shall submit a report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid, the Fiscal Research Division, and the State Auditor that contains the following information about the prior calendar year:

(1) The percentage of audited county departments of social services that met the accuracy standards adopted under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-70.47 in the prior fiscal year.

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 108A-70.51

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) The percentage of audited county departments of social services that met the quality assurance standards adopted under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-70.48 in the prior fiscal year.

(3) The audit result for each standard adopted under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-70.47 for each county of department services in the prior fiscal year.

(4) The number of years in the preceding 10-year period that any county department of social services failed to meet the standards in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-70.47 or N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-70.48

(5) A description of all corrective action activities conducted by the Department and county departments of social services in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-70.49

(6) For every county in which the performance metrics for processing Medicaid applications in an accurate manner do not show significant improvement compared to the previous audit of that county, a description of how the Department plans to assist county departments of social services in accuracy and quality assurance standards for Medicaid applications. (2017-57, s. 11H.22(c); 2018-5, s. 11H.5(c); 2022-74, s. 9D.15(i).)