Bill Summary for S 660 (2023-2024)

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Apr 10 2023

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
Senate Bill 660 (Public) Filed Thursday, April 6, 2023
AN ACT TO REMOVE THE UNEARNED INCOME LIMIT AND ALL RESOURCE LIMITS FROM THE HEALTH COVERAGE FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES ACT UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
Intro. by Grafstein, Moffitt.

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Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Health Benefits, no later than 90 days after this act becomes law, to submit the necessary documentation to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for approval to remove the unearned income limit from the Health Coverage for Workers With Disabilities Medicaid eligibility category requirements. Requires the DHHS Secretary to notify the Revisor of Statutes of the effective date approved by CMS for the removal, if approved.

Amends GS 108A-66.1, concerning the Health Coverage for Workers with Disabilities Act (HCWD), as follows. Amends the eligibility requirements by removing the income limitation. Instead, provides that in determining an individual's countable income for purposes of HCWD, DHHS may not consider income that is disregarded under the Medicaid State Plan's financial methodology. Specifies that there are no unearned income limitations or resource limitations. Effective on the date approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the removal of the unearned income limit and resource limitations for Health Coverage for Workers With Disabilities program eligibility, as required above. 

Appropriates $153,000 in recurring funds for each year of the 2023-25 biennium from the General Fund to DHB for a match for federal funds which are appropriated to DHB. Effective July 1, 2023.