Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates additional funding for Medicaid insurance to avoid threatened payment reductions to a broad range of health care providers in North Carolina.

Highlights:

• Appropriates $600 million in additional funding for Medicaid insurance to avoid threatened payment reductions to a broad range of health care providers in North Carolina (Sec. 2).

• Appropriates $90 million in additional funding to cover Medicaid cost increases from inflation, changes in the types of care delivered, and other factors (Sec. 2).

• Appropriates $83.6 million for Medicaid administration (Sec. 2).

• Appropriates $103.5 million for a new children's hospital in the state (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor and shall apply retroactive to July 1, 2025 (Sec. 3.5).

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