H103 - 2022 Appropriations Act. (SL 2022-74)

Overview: Section 9D.10 of S.L. 2022-74 amends statutes (G.S. 108A-146.12 and G.S. 108A-146.13) enacted in Section 9D.13A(c) of S.L. 2021-180 to make technical adjustments to the modernized hospital assessments, as follows:

• Reduces the amount of assessment collected from hospitals through the postpartum component to account for the portion of the added postpartum costs that will be collected through the other components of the modernized hospital assessments. Because the postpartum coverage and the postpartum component took effect April 1, 2022, and this section becomes effective October 1, 2022, this section provides for a reconciliation of the April and July quarters in the quarter beginning October 1, 2022.
• Adjusts the historical subcomponent of the modernized hospital assessments related to the recent change of ownership of Vidant Beaufort hospital that was reported to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice.

This section becomes effective October 1, 2022, and applies to modernized hospital assessments imposed on or after that date.