N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-139.5
State funds available to the Department of Health and Human Services shall pay fifty percent (50%), and the counties shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the authorized rates for care in adult care homes including area mental health agency-operated or contracted-group homes, special care units, and in-home living arrangements. The Department shall use the State's appropriation to the State-County Special Assistance program for this program and for rental assistance. Each county shall use county funds budgeted for the State-County Special Assistance program for this program and for rental assistance.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-139.5
Effective Date - Contingent Expiration: Section 9A.3A.(d) of 2021 N.C. Sess. Laws 180 provides: "Subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this section become effective on July 1, 2022, or 30 days after the date that all of the following have occurred, whichever is later:
(1) Both the SSA and CMS have approved the applications submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(2) CMS has approved the use of savings arising from the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for home and community-based services available to the State under section 9817(a) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), P.L. 117-2, for both of the expenditures identified in subsection (e) of this section.
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall report to the Revisor of Statutes when both the SSA and CMS approvals are obtained and the date of the approval. Subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this section shall not become effective if either the SSA or CMS disapproves the applications submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or if CMS disapproves the use of the savings arising from the enhanced FMAP for home and community-based services under ARPA for either of the expenditures identified in subsection (e) of this section. If, by June 30, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services has not received (i) notification of application approval from both the SSA and CMS pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and (ii) notification from CMS of approval for the use of the savings from the enhanced FMAP for either of the expenditures identified in subsection (e) of this section, then subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this section shall expire."