H842 - Medicaid Waiver Protections/Military Families. (SL 2016-71)

Overview: Effective January 1, 2017, S.L. 2016-71 directs the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to ensure that the eligibility criteria for Medicaid home and community-based waivers allow a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces to maintain the dependent's waiver status upon transfer of the service member to an assignment outside of North Carolina, so long as the member maintains North Carolina as the legal residence to which the member intends to return upon completion of military service.

Effective June 30, 2016, DHHS must submit any Medicaid State Plan Amendments or waiver amendments necessary to accomplish the requirements of this act.