HB 316 – Support Maternal Health/Extend Medicaid Coverage

HB 316 – Support Maternal Health/Extend Medicaid Coverage

Primary House Sponsors: Rep. Verla Insko (D-Orange); Rep. Robert Reives, II (D-Chatham, Durham); Rep. Carla Cunningham (D-Mecklenburg); Rep. Linda Cooper-Suggs (D-Wilson)

Summary

This bill directs DHHS to implement continued Medicaid eligibility of pregnant women for 12 months postpartum beginning on April 1, 2022.

This bill also appropriates $12,344,000 in recurring funds for the 2021-2022 fiscal year and $50,816,000 in recurring funds for the 2022-2023 fiscal year to DHHS to be used to implement the change, and requires that matched federal funds also be appropriated to DHHS to be used to implement the change.

Movement

Filed 03/16/2021

This bill was referred to the following House Committees:

-Rules, Calendar, and Operations