| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPEDIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF MEDICAID 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | WORK REQUIREMENTS . 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Section 2.4 of S.L. 2023-7 reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | "SECTION 2.4. If there is any indication that work requirements as a condition of 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | participation in the Medicaid program may be authorized by the Centers for Medicare and 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | Medicaid Services (CMS), then the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | Health Benefits (DHB), shall enter into negotiations with CMS to develop a plan for those work 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | requirements and to obtain approval of that plan. Within 30 days of entering into negotiations 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | with CMS pursuant to this section, DHB shall notify, in writing, the Joint Legislative Oversight 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | Committee on Medicaid (JLOC) and the Fiscal Research Division (FRD) of these negotiations. 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | Within 30 days of approval by CMS of a plan for work requirements as a condition of 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | participation in the Medicaid program, DHB shall submit a report to JLOC and FRD containing 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | the full details of the approved work requirements, including the approved date of 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | implementation of the requirements and any funding necessary to implement or maintain the 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | requirements. Notwithstanding any provision of G.S. 108A-54.3A to the contrary, the 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | Department of Health and Human Services shall implement any work requirements as a condition 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | of participation in the Medicaid program approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | Services in accordance with this section." 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 21 |
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