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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2004 HOUSE/SENATE BILL Short Title: Medicaid County Cost Share. (Public) Sponsors: Referred to: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PHASE-OUT THE COUNTY COST SHARE FOR THE MEDICAID PROGRAM OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD AND TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR TmR ONE (1) COUNTmS. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the cost share of the Medical Assistance Program, excluding the administrative costs, borne by the counties shall be as follows: (1) Three percent (3%) for Tier 1 counties, effective July 1, 2004. (2) Four percent (4%) for all counties, effective July 1, 2005, except Tier 1 counties shall pay two percent (2%). (3) Three percent (3%) for all counties, effective July 1, 2006, except Tier 1 counties shall pay two percent (2%). (4) Two percent (2%) for all counties, effective July 1, 2007. (5) One percent (1%) for all counties, effective July 1, 2008. Effective July 1, 2009, the nonfederal cost share of the Medical Assistance Program, excluding administrative costs, shall be borne by the State. SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2009, G.S. 108A-54 reads as rewritten: "S 108A-54. Authorization of Medical Assistance Program. The Department is authorized and empowered to establish a Medical Assistance Program from (federal, state and county) federal and state appropriations and to adopt mles and regulations under which payments are to be made in accordance with the provisions of this Part. Pending full assumption of nonfederal Medicaid Program costs by the state effective July 1, 2009, the boards of county commissioners shall levy, impose and collect the taxes required for the special purpose of medical assistance as provided in this Part, in an amount sufficient to cover each county's share of assistance." SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.