Prohibits the Director of the Budget (the Governor) and the Department of Health and Human Services from reducing the reimbursements paid to Medicaid service providers in order to backfill Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) funds for the 2010-11 fiscal year.
Effective July 1, 2010, amends SL 2009-16, as amended, to prohibit a reduction in retirement system contributions to backfill FMAP funds.
In spite of the provisions of GS Chapter 143C (the State Budget Act), authorizes and appropriates up to $125 million of the funds in the unreserved credit balance as of June 30, 2010, to be used to address Medicaid liabilities incurred in the 2009-10 fiscal year. Requires the Governor to report on the implementation of this authorized appropriation to the chairs of the Senate and House of Representatives Appropriations Committees and the Fiscal Research Division by October 1, 2011.
Except as otherwise indicated, this act is effective when it becomes law.