10A NCAC 43H .0309. CLIENT AND THIRD PARTY FEES

(a)  Providers are required to bill all available and appropriate reimbursement sources including at least insurance companies, Medicaid, other agency providers and parents/guardians.  The Children's Special Health Services Program may not be billed.

(b)  Fees will be based on a public schedule of charges approved by the Division of Public Health.  Families that are financially eligible for the Children's Special Health Services Program may not be billed.

(c)  All fees collected must be budgeted and expended during the fiscal year earned or within the subsequent fiscal year.  Fees will be utilized, upon approval of the program, to either expand program services or to reduce the amount of state appropriations.

(d)  All fees brought forward from the prior fiscal year shall be expended prior to the expenditure of state appropriations.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 130A‑124;

Eff. April 1, 1985;

Amended Eff. September 1, 1990.