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.C. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES <br />Affordable Care Act Implementation Facts <br />■ Functionality to meet Medicaid requirements brought forth by the Affordable Care <br />Act was implemented on Oct. 1, 2013. Additional required functionality was <br />implemented on Jan. 1, 2014. <br />• Ability to accept Medical Assistance applications via ePASS was enabled. <br />• The Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) was turned on, resulting in over 90,000 <br />applications being sent to North Carolina for processing. <br />• All F &C Medicaid Applications should now be entered into NC FAST using the <br />Streamlined (aka MAGI) Application. <br />■ Additional functionality to support new requirements related to the Affordable Care <br />Act is planned for development. <br />■ NC FAST has been conducting training on the MAGI application process since Sept. <br />2013. <br />■ Open enrollment will start again on Nov. 15, 2014. <br />Attachment number 4 <br />JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: SEPT. 9, 2014 G -2 Page 149 17 <br />