H1043 - 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act. (SL 2020-4)

Overview: Section 3.3 of S.L. 2020-4, as may have been amended by Section 3 of S.L. 2020-32, Section 4 of S.L. 2020-49, Section 1.1(d) of S.L. 2020-80, Section 3B(b) of S.L. 2020-88, and Section 4.9(a) of S.L. 2020-91, is amended by Section 1.1(d) of S.L. 2020-80 to add a new subsection (69) requiring the Office of State Budget and Management to allocate $2.5 million of the funds appropriated from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to any county designated as a development tier two area, as defined in G.S. 143B-437.08, with a population of less than 150,000, that has a hospital located within its borders meeting specified criteria. These funds must only be used to offset specified expenses incurred for providing patient care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

No later than December 1, 2020, each grant recipient must submit a report to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, that contains a breakdown of all expenditures from the funds received and the total amount of funds received from the Provider Relief Fund provided for in P.L. 116-136 and any other COVID-19 recovery legislation or other legislation enacted by Congress during calendar year 2020 to support the national response to COVID-19.

This section became effective July 1, 2020.