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House advances Medicaid rebase funding; companion health investment bill also moves
Summary
The House passed measures to allow temporary use of Department of Health reserves and a health‑investment option to blunt provider rate cuts while budget negotiations continue. House Bill 491 passed 111-0; a House committee substitute of Senate Bill 405 passed 109-1.
The North Carolina House on Oct. 22 approved measures intended to stave off planned Medicaid rate cuts while lawmakers continue budget negotiations.
House Bill 491, described by Representative Lambeth as a limited rebase measure that "allows the department to use the reserves that they have within the department to actually buffer the amount of money they need to fund the department so we don't have to do the cuts," passed its second reading on a recorded vote of 111-0 and…
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