North Carolina HB 430: Community Health Access/Funds.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 
 
SESSION 1989 
 
H 1  
 
HOUSE BILL 430 
 
 
 
 
Short Title:  Community Health Access/Funds. (Public) 
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Sponsors: Representatives Cooper; Barnhill, Jones, and Bowman. 
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Referred to:  Human Resources. 
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March 2, 1989 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
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AN ACT TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY HEALTH ACCESS PROGRAM AND TO 2 
APPROPRIATE FUNDS. 3 
Whereas,  there  is  a  large  group  of  low-paid,  uninsured  workers,  many  of  4 
whom  work  for  very  small  firms,  who  will  remain  largely  untouched  by  strategies  5 
designed to expand employer-sponsored insurance coverage; and 6 
Whereas,  there  are  many  small  employers  who  are  unable  to  offer  insurance  7 
coverage to their workers; and 8 
Whereas, the North Carolina Trust Commission has included the Community 9 
Health  Access  Program  in  its  recommendation  for  funding  to  the  General  Assembly;  10 
and 11 
Whereas,  the  Indigent  Care  Study  Commission,  in  its  1989  Report  to  the  12 
General  Assembly,  recommended  the  implementation  of  a  multi-year  Community  13 
Health  Access  Program  that  is  designed  to  improve  and  expand  the  capacity  of  14 
community health delivery systems better to serve the uninsured poor;  Now, therefore, 15 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 16 
Section 1.  (a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department 17 
of  Human  Resources,  Division  of  Facility  Services,  Office  of  Health  Resources  18 
Development, the sum of two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for the 19 
1989-90  fiscal  year  and  the  sum  of  one  million  four  hundred  twenty-five  thousand  20 
dollars   ($1,425,000)   for   the   1990-91   fiscal   year   to   establish   and   administer   a   21 
Community  Health  Access  Demonstration  Program.    These  funds  shall  be  allocated  as  22 
follows: 23 

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(1)  Of  the  funds  appropriated  for  the  1989-90  fiscal  year,  one  hundred  1 
fifty  thousand  dollars  ($150,000)  shall  be  used  for  the  development,  2 
coordination,  and  administration  of  five  Community  Health  Access  3 
Demonstration    Program    demonstration    grants    and    seventy-five    4 
thousand  dollars  ($75,000)  shall  be  used  for  the  administration  of  the  5 
Demonstration Program. 6 
(2)  Of  the  funds  appropriated  for  the  1990-91  fiscal  year,  one  hundred  7 
fifty  thousand  dollars  ($150,000)  shall  be  used  for  the  development,  8 
coordination,  and  administration  of  five  Community  Health  Access  9 
Demonstration   Program   demonstration   grants,   one   million   two   10 
hundred  thousand  dollars  ($1,200,000)  shall  be  used  to  fund  patient  11 
care   grants   in   the   five   demonstration   projects,   and   seventy-five   12 
thousand  dollars  ($75,000)  shall  be  used  for  the  administration  of  the  13 
Demonstration Program. 14 
(b)  The  Office  of  Health  Resources  Development,  Division  of  Facility  15 
Services,  Department  of  Human  Resources,  shall  report  to  the  Human  Resources  16 
Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on Governmental Operations by May 17 
1, 1990, regarding the progress of implementing the Demonstration Program. 18 
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989. 19