If the federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid coverage provided to the category of individuals described in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-54.3A(24) falls below ninety percent (90%), then Medicaid coverage for this category of individuals shall be discontinued as expeditiously as possible but no earlier than the date the lower federal medical assistance percentage takes effect. Upon receipt of information indicating that the federal medical assistance percentage will be lower than ninety percent (90%), the Secretary shall promptly do all of the following:

(1) Notify the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid, the Office of State Budget and Management, and the Fiscal Research Division of the determination and post this notice on the Department’s website. The notice must include the proposed effective date of the discontinuation of coverage.

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 108A-54.3C

  • 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) Submit all documents to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services necessary to discontinue Medicaid coverage for the category of individuals described in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 108A-54.3A(24). (2023-7, s. 1.2(a).)