North Carolina § 108A-70 - 27. (See editor's note) Data collection; reporting.

§ 108A-70. 27. (See editor's note) Data collection; reporting.

The Department shall ensure that the following data are collected, analyzed, and reported in a manner that will most effectively and expeditiously enable the State to evaluate Program goals, objectives, operations, and health outcomes for children: Number of applicants for coverage under the Program; Number of Program applicants deemed eligible for Medicaid; Number of applicants deemed eligible for the Program, by income level, age, and family size; Number of applicants deemed ineligible for the Program and the basis for ineligibility; Number of applications made at county departments of social services, public health departments, and by mail; Total number of children enrolled in the Program to date and for the immediately preceding fiscal year; Total number of children enrolled in Medicaid through the Program application process; Trends showing the Program's impact on hospital utilization, immunization rates, and other indicators of quality of care, and cost-effectiveness and efficiency; Trends relating to the health status of children; Other data that would be useful in carrying out the purposes of this Part. Repealed by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 12A.8(e), effective July 1, 2013. The Division of Health Benefits shall provide to the Department data required under this section that are collected by this Division. Data shall be reported by the Division of Health Benefits in sufficient detail to meet federal reporting requirements under Title XXI. History (1998-1, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 10.41(d); 2011-291, ss. 2.24, 2.25; 2013-360, s. 12A.8(e); 2015-96, s. 5; 2019-81, s. 15(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2008-107, s. 10.13(j), provides that "G.S. 108A-27 reads as rewritten" when in fact it is G.S. 108A-70.27(c) that is set out. At the direction of the Revisor of Statutes, the amendment has not been given effect. If the amendment had taken effect, subsection (c) would read: "(c) The Department shall report periodically to the Joint Legislative Health Care Oversight Committee claims processing data for the Program and any other information the Department or the Committee deems appropriate and relevant to assist the Committee in its review of the Program." Session Laws 2008-107, s. 1.2 provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2008'." Session Laws 2008-107, s. 30.3 provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2008-2009 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2008-2009 fiscal year." Session Laws 2008-107, s. 30.5 is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 10.41(d), effective July 1, 2011, substituted "The Division of Medical Assistance" for "The Executive Administrator and Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Teachers' and State Employees' Major Medical Plan ('Plan')" in the first sentence of subsection (c). Session Laws 2011-291, ss. 2.24 and 2.25, effective June 24, 2011, in the introductory paragraph of subsection (b) and in subsection (c), substituted "Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services" for "Joint Legislative Health Care Oversight Committee." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 12A.8(e), effective July 1, 2013, repealed subsection (b). Session Laws 2015-96, s. 5, effective June 19, 2015, in subsection (c), substituted "this Division" for "the Plan" at the end of the first sentence, substituted "the Division of Medical Assistance" for "the Plan" in the second sentence, and deleted the former third sentence, which read: "The Plan shall report periodically to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services claims processing data for the Program and any other information the Plan or the Committee deems appropriate and relevant to assist the Committee in its review of the Program." Session Laws 2019-81, s. 15(a), effective July 1, 2019, substituted "Division of Health Benefits" for "Division of Medical Assistance" twice in subsection (c).