H97 - 2015 Appropriations Act, Sec. 12H.30: Amend Cost Settlement of Local Health Departments (SL 2015-241)

Overview: Sec. 12H.30 of S.L. 2015-241, as amended by Sec. 89 of S.L. 2015-264, requires the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, to submit a Medicaid State Plan amendment request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to amend the annual cost settlement methodology for local health departments to maximize identification of allowable Medicaid costs and to assure that North Carolina is receiving the maximum federal reimbursement for local health departments' treatment of Medicaid-eligible patients consistent with Medicare reimbursement principles.

This section became effective October 1, 2015.