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S868 • 2025

Medicaid Innovations Waiver Slot Expansion.

Medicaid Innovations Waiver Slot Expansion.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Lowe, Adcock, Applewhite, Chitlik, Garson, Grafstein, Mohammed, Murdock, Robinson, Smith, Theodros, Waddell
Last action
2026-04-29
Official status
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Medicaid Innovations Waiver Slot Expansion.

Medicaid Innovations Waiver Slot Expansion.

What This Bill Does

  • Medicaid Innovations Waiver Slot Expansion.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  2. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  4. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  5. 2026-04-28 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Medicaid Innovations Waiver Slot Expansion.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 868

Short Title: Medicaid Innovations Waiver Slot Expansion. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Lowe (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 29, 2026
*S868-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO INCREASE NORTH CAROLINA INNOVATIONS WAIVER SLOTS. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1.(a) The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health 4
Benefits (DHB), shall amend the North Carolina Innovations waiver to increase the number of 5
waiver slots available under the waiver by 1,000 slots. These 1,000 additional slots shall be made 6
available on July 1, 2026, or as soon as practicable after that date. 7
SECTION 1.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 8
Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits (DHB), the sum of thirty -six million 9
two hundred thousand dollars ($36,200,000) in recurring funds and associated receipts beginning 10
with the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be used to fund these additional slots. 11
SECTION 2. This act is effective July 1, 2026. 12