INCREASE PRIVATE DUTY NURSING MEDICAID RATES.

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View NCGA Bill Details2019-2020 Session
House Bill 745 (Public) Filed Monday, April 15, 2019
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE RATE PAID FOR CERTAIN PRIVATE DUTY NURSING SERVICES UNDER MEDICAID AND NC HEALTH CHOICE.
Intro. by White, Lambeth, Adcock, Cunningham.
Status: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, Health and Human Services, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Apr 16 2019)

Bill History:

H 745

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 745 (2019-2020)
    Summary date: Apr 15 2019 - View Summary

    Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to increase the rate paid for private duty nursing services that are not provided in a congregate setting, according to the specified policies, to $11.25 per fifteen minutes beginning January 1, 2020. 

    Appropriates $4,150,000 in recurring funds for 2019-20 and $8.3 million in recurring funds for fiscal year 2020-21 from the General Fund to DHHS, Division of Health Benefits Services, to implement the increase. Specifies that the funds are to provide a State match for federal funds, and appropriates those federal funds to the Division of Health Benefits for pay for costs associated with the rate increases.

    Effective July 1, 2019.

    Government, Budget/Appropriations, State Agencies, Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, Health, Health Care Facilities and Providers
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