2020 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 108A - Social Services
Article 7A - Hospital Assessment Act.
§ 108A-141 - (Effective July 1, 2021 see note) Supplemental assessment.
108A-141. (Effective July 1, 2021 - see note) Supplemental assessment.
(a) The supplemental assessment shall be a percentage, established by the General Assembly, of total hospital costs.
(b) The Department shall propose the rate of the supplemental assessment to be imposed under this section when the Department prepares its budget request for each upcoming fiscal year. The Governor shall submit the Department's proposed supplemental assessment rate to the General Assembly each fiscal year.
(c) The Department shall base the proposed supplemental assessment rate on all of the following factors:
(1) The percentage change in aggregate payments to hospitals subject to the supplemental assessment for Medicaid and NC Health Choice enrollees, excluding hospital access payments made under 42 C.F.R. 438.6, as demonstrated in data from prepaid health plans and the State, as determined by the Department.
(2) Any changes in the federal medical assistance percentage rate applicable to the Medicaid or NC Health Choice programs for the applicable year.
(d) The rate for the supplemental assessment for each taxable year shall be the percentage rate set by law by the General Assembly.
(2020-88, s. 15.1(b).)
