| 13 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | AN ACT TO CREATE A JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON MEDICAID 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | SUSTAINABILITY. 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. There is established the Joint Legislative Committee on Medicaid 5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sustainability (Committee). 6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. The Committee consists of 12 members as follows: six senators are 7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Six representatives are appointed by the 8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Speaker of the House of Representatives. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the 9 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint a cochair of the Committee from 10 |
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| 23 | 23 | | among its membership. Vacancies on the Committee shall be filled by the appointing authority. 11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. The purpose of the Committee is to consider various ways in which 12 |
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| 25 | 25 | | the existing North Carolina Medicaid program could be modified to respond to any decreases in 13 |
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| 26 | 26 | | federal support for the Medicaid program in order to maintain current State funding levels. These 14 |
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| 27 | 27 | | modifications may include: 15 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) Reduction or elimination of optional services. 16 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) Reduction or elimination of optional eligibility groups. 17 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) Additional or increased provider assessments. 18 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) Reduction of reimbursement rates. 19 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (5) Strategies for achieving managed care efficiencies. 20 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (6) Any other opportunities for cost-savings. 21 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 4. The Committee shall meet upon the call of its cochairs. A quorum of 22 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the Committee is a majority of its members. No action may be taken except by a majority vote 23 |
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| 36 | 36 | | at a meeting at which a quorum is present. The Committee, while in discharge of its official 24 |
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| 37 | 37 | | duties, may exercise all powers provided under the provisions of G.S. 120-19 and G.S. 120-19.1 25 |
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| 38 | 38 | | through G.S. 120-19.4, including the power to request all officers, agents, agencies, and 26 |
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| 39 | 39 | | departments of the State to provide any information, data, or documents within their possession, 27 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ascertainable from their records, or otherwise available to them, and the power to subpoena 28 |
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| 41 | 41 | | witnesses. 29 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 5. The Legislative Services Officer shall assign professional and clerical 30 |
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| 43 | 43 | | staff to assist the Committee in its work. The Director of Legislative Assistants of the House of 31 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Representatives and the Director of Legislative Assistants of the Senate shall assign clerical 32 |
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| 45 | 45 | | support staff to the Committee. 33 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 6. Members of the Committee shall receive per diem, subsistence, and 34 |
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| 49 | 52 | | the Committee shall be considered expenses incurred for the joint operation of the General 1 |
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| 50 | 53 | | Assembly. 2 |
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| 51 | 54 | | SECTION 7. The Committee shall submit a final report on the results of its study, 3 |
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| 52 | 55 | | including any proposed legislation, to the General Assembly no later than April 30, 2026. The 4 |
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| 53 | 56 | | Committee shall terminate on April 30, 2026, or upon the filing of its final report, whichever 5 |
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| 54 | 57 | | occurs first. 6 |
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| 55 | 58 | | SECTION 8. This act is effective when it becomes law. 7 |
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