North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S896: Increase Medicaid PCS and PDN Rates.
Status: Introduced, May 6, 2026
What the bill says
An act to increase medicaid reimbursement rates for personal care services and private duty nursing services.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCREASE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR PERSONAL CARE SERVICES AND PRIVATE DUTY NURSING SERVICES. 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 (DHB), the sum of one hundred twenty million eight hundred thousand dollars ($120,800,000) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be used to increase to seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) per 15-minute increment the Medicaid rate paid for personal care services pursuant to Medicaid Clinical Coverage Policies 3L, 3K-1, and 3K-2 provided to Medicaid beneficiaries through the State Plan Personal Care Services Program (PCS), Community Alternatives Program for Children (CAP/C), Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults (CAP/DA), and Community Alternatives Program Choice (CAP/CO). These funds shall provide a State match for two hundred sixteen million two hundred thousand dollars ($216,200,000) in recurring federal funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, and those funds are appropriated to DHB for the same purpose. SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits (DHB), the sum of twenty million one hundred thousand dollars ($20,100,000) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be used to increase to …
Sponsors
- Burgin, Jim (R, 12) · primary sponsor
- Adcock, Gale (D, 16)
- Grafstein, Lisa (D, 13)
- Moffitt, Timothy D. (R, 48)
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- : Withdrawn From Com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, HOME HEALTH CARE, DHHS, HEALTH SERVICES, POVERTY, PUBLIC, INSURANCE, HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES
Common questions
- What is S896?
- S896 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Increase Medicaid PCS and PDN Rates.
- What does S896 do?
- In its own words: An act to increase medicaid reimbursement rates for personal care services and private duty nursing services.
- What is the status of S896?
- Introduced as of May 6, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (May 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored S896?
- Burgin, Jim (R, 12), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S896?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S896
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