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NC Gen Stat § 108A-115 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 6A - Protection of Disabled and Older Adults From Financial Exploitation.|§ 108A-115 - Duty to report suspected fraud; content of report; immunity for reporting.

 108A-115. Duty to report suspected fraud; content of report; immunity for reporting.(a) Any financial institution, or officer or employee thereof, having reasonable cause to believe that a disabled adult or older adult is the victim or target of financial exploitation shall report such information to the following:(1) Persons on the list provided by the customer under G.S. 108A-114, if such a list has been provided by the customer. The financial institution may choose not to contact persons on the provided list if the financial institution suspects that those persons are financially exploiting the disabled adult or older adult.(2) The appropriate local law enforcement agency.(3) The appropriate county department of social services, if the customer is a disabled adult.(b) The report may be made orally or in writing. The report shall include the name and address of the disabled adult or older adult, the nature of the suspected financial exploitation, and any other pertinent information.(c) No financial institution, or officer or employee thereof, who acts in good faith in making a report under this section may be held liable in any action for doing so.  (2013-337, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-145.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7B - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-145.1 - Short title and purpose.

 108A-145.1. Short title and purpose.This Article shall be known as the "Hospital Assessment Act." This Article does not authorize a political subdivision of the State to license a hospital for revenue or impose a tax or assessment on a hospital.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-145.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7B - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-145.5 - Due dates and collections.

 108A-145.5. Due dates and collections.(a) Assessments under this Article are calculated, imposed, and due quarterly in the time and manner prescribed by the Secretary and shall be considered delinquent if not paid within seven calendar days of this due date.(b) With respect to any hospital owing a past-due assessment amount under this Article, the Department may withhold the unpaid amount from Medicaid or NC Health Choice payments otherwise due or impose a late payment penalty. The Secretary may waive a penalty for good cause shown.(c) In the event the data necessary to calculate an assessment under this Article is not available to the Secretary in time to impose the quarterly assessment, the Secretary may defer the due date for the assessment to a subsequent quarter.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-145.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7B - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-145.7 - Assessment appeals.

 108A-145.7. Assessment appeals.A hospital may appeal a determination of the assessment amount owed through a reconsideration review. The pendency of an appeal does not relieve a hospital from its obligation to pay an assessment amount when due.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-145.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7B - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-145.9 - Allowable costs; patient billing.

 108A-145.9. Allowable costs; patient billing.(a) Assessments paid under this Article may be included as allowable costs of a hospital for purposes of any applicable Medicaid reimbursement formula, except that assessments paid under this Article shall be excluded from cost settlement.(b) Assessments imposed under this Article may not be added as a surtax or assessment on a patient's bill.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-145.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7B - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-145.11 - Rulemaking authority.

 108A-145.11. Rulemaking authority.The Secretary may adopt rules to implement this Article.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-145.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7B - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-145.13 - Repeal.

 108A-145.13. Repeal.If CMS determines that an assessment under this Article is impermissible or revokes approval of an assessment under this Article, then that assessment shall not be imposed and the Department's authority to collect the assessment is repealed.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-146.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7A - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-146.1 - Public hospital assessment.

 108A-146.1. Public hospital assessment.(a) The public hospital assessment imposed under this Part shall apply to all public acute care hospitals.(b) The public hospital assessment shall be assessed as a percentage of each public acute care hospital's hospital costs. The assessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with this Part. The percentage for each quarter shall equal the aggregate assessment collection amount under G.S. 108A-146.5 multiplied by the public hospital historical assessment share and divided by the total hospital costs for all public acute care hospitals holding a license on the first day of the assessment quarter.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-146.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7A - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-146.3 - Private hospital assessment.

 108A-146.3. Private hospital assessment.(a) The private hospital assessment imposed under this Part shall apply to all private acute care hospitals.(b) The private hospital assessment shall be assessed as a percentage of each private acute care hospital's hospital costs. The assessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with this Part. The percentage for each quarter shall equal the aggregate assessment collection amount under G.S. 108A-146.5 multiplied by the private hospital historical assessment share and divided by the total hospital costs for all private acute care hospitals holding a license on the first day of the assessment quarter.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-146.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7A - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-146.5 - Aggregate assessment collection amount.

 108A-146.5. Aggregate assessment collection amount.The aggregate assessment collection amount is an amount of money that is calculated by adding (i) the managed care component under G.S. 108A-146.7, (ii) the fee-for-service component under G.S. 108A-146.9, (iii) the GME component under G.S. 108A-146.11, and (iv) one-fourth of the State's annual Medicaid payment, and then subtracting the intergovernmental transfer adjustment component under G.S. 108A-146.13.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-146.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7A - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-146.7 - Managed care component.

 108A-146.7. Managed care component.(a) The managed care component is an amount of money that is a portion of the total paid capitation for all rating groups in all capitated contracted plan types for the previous data collection period and is calculated in accordance with this section. The managed care component consists of an inpatient subcomponent and an outpatient subcomponent.(b) The inpatient subcomponent is an amount calculated for each rating group by multiplying the paid capitation for the applicable rating group in the previous data collection period by the percentage that is calculated by (i) multiplying the inpatient portion of the statewide capitation rate for the applicable rating group by the inpatient hospital financing percentage, (ii) multiplying that product by the difference of one minus the FMAP, and (iii) dividing that product by the statewide capitation rate for the applicable rating group.(c) The outpatient subcomponent is an amount calculated for each rating group by multiplying the paid capitation for the applicable rating group in the previous data collection period by the percentage that is calculated by (i) multiplying the outpatient portion of the statewide capitation rate for the applicable rating group by the outpatient hospital financing percentage, (ii) multiplying that product by the difference of one minus the FMAP, and (iii) dividing that product by the statewide capitation rate for the applicable rating group.(d) The managed care component is calculated by adding together the aggregate inpatient subcomponents for all rating groups and the aggregate outpatient subcomponents for all rating groups.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-146.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7A - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-146.9 - Fee-for-service component.

 108A-146.9. Fee-for-service component.(a) The fee-for-service component is an amount of money that is a portion of all the Medicaid fee-for-service payments made to acute care hospitals during the previous data collection period for claims with a date of service on or after July 1, 2021. The fee-for-service component consists of a subcomponent pertaining to claims for which there is no third-party coverage and a subcomponent pertaining to claims for which there is third-party coverage.(b) The subcomponent pertaining to claims for which there is no third-party coverage is the sum of the inpatient amount and the outpatient amount described in this subsection:(1) The inpatient amount is the product of the total fee-for-service payments for claims for which there is no third-party coverage made to all acute care hospitals for inpatient hospital services multiplied by the inpatient hospital financing percentage and multiplied by the difference of one minus the FMAP.(2) The outpatient amount is the product of the total fee-for-service payments for claims for which there is no third-party coverage made to all acute care hospitals for outpatient hospital services multiplied by the outpatient hospital financing percentage and multiplied by the difference of one minus the FMAP.(c) The subcomponent pertaining to claims for which there is third-party coverage is the product of the total fee-for-service payments for claims for which there is third-party coverage made for inpatient hospital services and outpatient hospital services to (i) public acute care hospitals, (ii) private acute care hospitals, and (iii) critical access hospitals multiplied by the difference of one minus the FMAP.(d) The fee-for-service component is calculated by adding together the subcomponent pertaining to claims for which there is no third-party coverage and the subcomponent pertaining to claims for which there is third-party coverage.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-146.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7A - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-146.11 - Graduate medical education component.

 108A-146.11. Graduate medical education component.The graduate medical education component is an amount of money that is one-fourth (1/4) of the total amount of payments that will be made by the Department during the current State fiscal year to all public acute care hospitals and private acute care hospitals in accordance with the Medicaid graduate medical education methodology in the Medicaid State Plan multiplied by the difference of one minus the FMAP.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-146.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7A - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-146.13 - Intergovernmental transfer adjustment component.

 108A-146.13. Intergovernmental transfer adjustment component.(a) The intergovernmental transfer adjustment component is forty million nine hundred forty-seven thousand six hundred thirty-three dollars ($40,947,633) for each quarter of the 2021-2022 State fiscal year. For each subsequent State fiscal year, the intergovernmental transfer adjustment component shall be increased over the prior year's quarterly payment by the market basket percentage.(b) If a public acute care hospital closes or becomes a private acute care hospital, then, beginning in the first assessment quarter following the closure or change to a private acute care hospital and for each quarter thereafter, the intergovernmental transfer adjustment component described in subsection (a) of this section, as inflated in accordance with that section, shall be reduced by the amount of the public acute care hospital's intergovernmental transfer to the Department made during its last quarter of operation as a public acute care hospital.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-146.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7A - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-146.15 - Use of funds.

 108A-146.15. Use of funds.The proceeds of the assessments imposed under this Part, and all corresponding matching federal funds, must be used to make the State's annual Medicaid payment to the State, to fund payments to hospitals made directly by the Department, to fund a portion of capitation payments to prepaid health plans attributable to hospital care, and to fund graduate medical education payments.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108A-146.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108A - Social Services|Article 7A - Hospital Assessment Act.|§ 108A-146.17 - Changes of hospital status.

 108A-146.17. Changes of hospital status.(a) For purposes of this section, hospital status includes all of the following:(1) A hospital's status as a public acute care hospital, a private acute care hospital, or a hospital owned or controlled by the UNC Health Care system.(2) The operating status of an acute care hospital as open or closed, including new hospitals and hospital closures.(b) The Department of Health and Human Services shall report to the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research Division whenever the Department is notified of a possible change of hospital status. The report shall be due 60 days after the Department is notified of the possible change. The report shall include all of the following:(1) The anticipated change of hospital status and the anticipated time frame during which the change of hospital status may occur.(2) Any proposed revisions to Article 7B of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes that would be needed if the change in hospital status occurs, including proposed changes to the public and private hospital historical assessment shares in G.S. 108A-145.3 and the intergovernmental transfer adjustment component in G.S. 108A-146.13, as well as the mathematical calculations supporting the proposed changes.(c) The Department of Health and Human Services shall report to the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research Division whenever the Department is notified that a change in hospital status has occurred. The report shall be due 60 days after the Department is notified of the change. The report shall include all of the following:(1) The change of hospital status and the date of the change.(2) Any proposed revisions to Article 7B of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes that are needed as a result of the change in hospital status, including proposed changes to the public and private hospital historical assessment shares in G.S. 108A-145.3 and the intergovernmental transfer adjustment component in G.S. 108A-146.13, as well as the mathematical calculations supporting the proposed changes.(3) If the change of hospital status occurred because a public acute care hospital closed or became a private acute care hospital, then the amount of the public acute care hospital's intergovernmental transfer to the Department made during its last quarter of operation.  (2021-61, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 108B-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108B - Community Action Programs|Article 2 - Community Action Partnership Act.|§ 108B-21 - Short title.

 108B-21. Short title.This Article may be cited as the Community Action Partnership Act. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 111.1.; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 34(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 108B-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108B - Community Action Programs|Article 2 - Community Action Partnership Act.|§ 108B-22 - Purpose.

 108B-22. Purpose.It is the purpose of this Article to provide financial assistance to Community Action Agencies and Limited Purpose Agencies (hereinafter referred to as "agency" or "agencies") to enable those agencies to effectively mobilize public and private resources in order to promote economic self-sufficiency among the poor of the State and to expand those services to all political subdivisions of the State. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 111.1.; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 34(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 108B-23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108B - Community Action Programs|Article 2 - Community Action Partnership Act.|§ 108B-23 - Designation of administering agency powers and responsibilities.

 108B-23. Designation of administering agency powers and responsibilities.(a) For purposes of this Article, "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services and "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.(b) The Department is directed to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Article. In carrying out this directive, the Secretary shall promulgate rules consistent with the purposes and provisions of this Article. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 111.1; 1989, c. 727, s. 48; c. 751, ss. 7(9), 8(11a); 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, ss. 34(c), 35; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 108B-24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108B - Community Action Programs|Article 2 - Community Action Partnership Act.|§ 108B-24 - Designation of eligible agencies.

 108B-24. Designation of eligible agencies.The Secretary shall designate agencies to fulfill the requirements of this Article in the service areas governed by one or more units of local government. An agency so designated may be one of the following:(1) Agencies which have been officially designated as community action agencies or limited purpose agencies pursuant to Section 210 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Public Law 88-452, 78 Stat. 508 and which have not lost their designation as a result of a failure to comply with the provisions of that act.(2) Private nonprofit agencies designated by the chief elected official of a political subdivision or one or more political subdivisions, in areas not served by agencies as defined in subdivision (1) of this section on July 1, 1984. Agencies eligible under this subdivision must apply to the Secretary for designation 60 days in advance of the beginning date of their fiscal year. Political subdivisions designated under this section are authorized to join existing community action agencies contiguous with their boundaries or to organize their own community action agency in order to provide services pursuant to this Article. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 111.1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 34(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 108B-25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108B - Community Action Programs|Article 2 - Community Action Partnership Act.|§ 108B-25 - Activities of Community Action Agency.

 108B-25. Activities of Community Action Agency.Agencies shall serve as the local catalyst for the reduction of the causes, conditions, and effects of poverty and shall provide social and economic opportunities that foster self-sufficiency for low-income persons. As such, agencies designated pursuant to G.S. 108B-24(1) shall be sponsors of the Community Services Block Grant and any successor program thereto. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 111.1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 34(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 108B-26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108B - Community Action Programs|Article 2 - Community Action Partnership Act.|§ 108B-26 - Organization and authority.

 108B-26. Organization and authority.(a) Agencies, as provided in G.S. 108B-24 shall have or be required to establish a governing board of directors which shall consist of not less than 15 nor more than 51 members. One-third of the members shall be low-income, elderly, or handicapped consumers residing in the service area of the agency. Consumer representatives shall be selected through a democratic process pursuant to guidelines established by the Department. Not less than one-third of the members of the board shall be appointed by the chief elected officials in the service area. The remaining positions on the board, if any, shall be filled by officials or members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education, or civic organizations located in the service area.(b) The board of directors shall be responsible for all of the following:(1) The appointment and dismissal of an executive director.(2) The approval of contracts, budgets, requests, and major modifications of budgets and contracts.(3) The performance of an annual audit by certified public accountants to include all assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenditures.(4) The establishment of policies for the operation of the agency.(5) Annually advising the chief elected officials of the units of local government within the service area of the nature and extent of poverty within the area. Included in this annual report will be an assessment of the community action agency policies and programs and their impact on the problems of poverty in the service area.(6) The convening of public meetings to provide low-income and other persons the opportunity to comment upon public policies and programs to reduce poverty. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 111.1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 34(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 108D-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108D - Medicaid and NC Health Choice Managed Care Programs|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 108D-2 - Scope; applicability of this Chapter.

 108D-2. Scope; applicability of this Chapter.This Chapter applies to every managed care entity, applicant, enrollee, provider of emergency services, and network provider of a managed care entity. This Chapter does not apply to Medicaid or NC Health Choice services delivered through the fee-for-service program. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to grant a NC Health Choice beneficiary benefits in excess of what is required by G.S. 108A-70.21.  (2013-397, s. 1; 2019-81, s. 1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 108D-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 108D - Medicaid and NC Health Choice Managed Care Programs|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 108D-3 - Conflicts; severability.

 108D-3. Conflicts; severability.(a) To the extent that this Chapter conflicts with the Social Security Act or 42 C.F.R. Parts 438 and 457, federal law prevails, except when the applicability of federal law or rules have been waived by agreement between the State and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.(b) To the extent that this Chapter conflicts with any other provision of State law that is contrary to the principles of managed care that will ensure successful containment of costs for health care services, this Chapter prevails and applies.(c) If any section, term, or provision of this Chapter is adjudged invalid for any reason, these judgments shall not affect, impair, or invalidate any other section, term, or provision of this Chapter, but the remaining sections, terms, and provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect.  (2013-397, s. 1; 2019-81, s. 1(a).)