North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S779: Medicaid Rebase.
Status: Introduced, May 7, 2026
What the bill says
An act to adjust medicaid funding to account for projected health care changes.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ADJUST MEDICAID FUNDING TO ACCOUNT FOR PROJECTED HEALTH CARE CHANGES. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits, the sum of three hundred nineteen million dollars ($319,000,000) in recurring funds and associated receipts, beginning with each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium. These funds shall be used for projected changes in Medicaid enrollment, enrollment mix, service and capitation costs, and federal match rates. SECTION 2. This act is effective retroactively to July 1, 2025. *DRS15380-NLa-128*
Sponsors
- Adcock, Gale (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Blue, Dan (D, 14) · primary sponsor
- Smith, Kandie D. (D, 5) · primary sponsor
- Batch, Sydney (D, 17)
- Bradley, Woodson (D, 42)
- Chaudhuri, Jay J. (D, 15)
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22)
- Garrett, Michael (D, 27)
- Garson, Jonah (D, 23)
- Grafstein, Lisa (D, 13)
- Mayfield, Julie (D, 49)
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: BUDGETING, DHHS, HEALTH SERVICES, POVERTY, PUBLIC, INSURANCE, HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES, MEDICAID
Common questions
- What is S779?
- S779 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Medicaid Rebase.
- What does S779 do?
- In its own words: An act to adjust medicaid funding to account for projected health care changes.
- What is the status of S779?
- Introduced as of May 7, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (May 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored S779?
- Adcock, Gale (D, 16), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S779?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S779
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