North Carolina § 130A-4 - 4. Funds for AIDS Drug Assistance Program.

§ 130A-4. 4. Funds for AIDS Drug Assistance Program.

The Department shall work with the Department of Public Safety to use Department of Public Safety funds to purchase pharmaceuticals for the treatment of individuals in the custody of the Department of Public Safety who have been diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in a manner that allows these funds to be accounted for as State matching funds in the Department of Health and Human Services drawdown of federal Ryan White funds earmarked for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program also known as ADAP. History (2017-57, s. 11E.7.) Implementation of Cost-Neutral Premium Assistance Program Within AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 11E.8(a), (b), provides: "(a) The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, shall continue to implement within the North Carolina AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) a health insurance premium assistance program that (i) is cost neutral or achieves savings; (ii) utilizes federal funds from Part B of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and ADAP funds to provide individual ADAP participants or subsets of ADAP participants with premium and cost-sharing assistance for the purchase or maintenance of private health insurance coverage, including premiums, co-payments, and deductibles; and (iii) meets the requirements of Section 12E.1 of S.L. 2016-94. "(b) By March 1, 2018, the Department shall submit a report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division on implementation of the health insurance premium assistance program authorized by subsection (a) of this section. The report must include at least all of the following components: "(1) A detailed explanation of the program design. "(2) A demonstration of cost neutrality, which shall include a comparison of the cost of providing prescription drugs to eligible beneficiaries through the health insurance premium program created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the cost of providing prescription drugs to eligible beneficiaries through the existing ADAP program. "(3) Information on health outcomes of program participants. "(4) Any obstacles to program implementation." Use of Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) for AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Eligibility Determinations. - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 11E.9, provides: "Beginning January 1, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services shall implement the use of the Modified Adjusted Gross Income formula in the calculation of income for the purpose of determining eligibility for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program in order to ensure consistency in the Department's methods of determining eligibility for other benefit programs." Editor's Notes. - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2017.'" Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.6, is a severability clause.