North Carolina Affordable Insurance Exchange Grants Awards List
North Carolina has received two grant awards to build its Affordable Insurance Exchange. This includes a Planning Grant and a Level One Establishment Grant.
Summaries of North Carolina’s applications for each grant are provided below:
Establishment Grant Level One Application Summary
Administrator: North Carolina Department of Insurance
Award Amount: $12,396,019
Award Date: August 12, 2011
Application Due Date: June 30, 2011
Level of Funding: Level One
Summary: North Carolina will engage stakeholders, prepare analyses of outstanding policy decisions, and expand the existing eligibility system of the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services to accommodate the Exchange. The state will also: develop requirements for the non-eligibility related Exchange functions to prepare any necessary procurements; prepare North Carolina’s consumer assistance program in anticipation of 2014 requirements; develop a work plan, budget, and evaluation plan for the North Carolina Health Benefit Exchange (NCHBE); develop a post-2014 financial sustainability plan; and support initial operational activities of NCHBE.
State Planning Grant
Awarded September 30, 2010
Administrator: North Carolina Department of Insurance
Amount Awarded: $1,000,000
- Create an interagency group to work on the planning and establishing a foundation for the feasibility of the establishment of Exchange(s) in North Carolina. An advisory group has already been formed with eight different work groups to focus on different areas.
- Build on the work of its SHAP grant to address the needs of the poor and near-poor.
- Determine if the implementation of NC Fast will have to be reexamined to function and/or interface with the Exchange. North Carolina has undertaken a multi-year program to streamline and combine the eligibility process for many of its income determined social programs.