(1) The state department shall consult with and coordinate with the counties before making any changes that affect county operations in the implementation of this section, when possible under state statutes and federal statutes and regulations.
(2) In administering any funds appropriated or made available to the state department for medical assistance administration, the state department has the power to:
Require as a condition for receiving grants-in-aid that each county in this state shallbear the proportion of the total expense of furnishing medical assistance administration as is fixed by law relating to such assistance;
Terminate any grants-in-aid to any county of this state if the laws and regulationsproviding such grants-in-aid and the minimum standards prescribed by rules of the state department thereunder are not complied with;
Undertake forthwith the administration of any or all medical assistance within anycounty of this state which has had any or all of its grants-in-aid terminated pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (2); but the county shall continue to meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2);
Recover any moneys owed by a county to the state by reducing the amount of anypayments due from the state in connection with the administration of medical assistance;
Take any other action which may be necessary or desirable for carrying out the provisions of this title.
(3) The state department, under the supervision of the executive director, shall provide supervision of county departments for the effective administration of medical assistance as set out in the rules of the executive director and the rules of the state board pursuant to section 25.51-301; except that nothing in this subsection (3) shall be construed to allow counties to continue to receive an amount equal to the increased funding in the event the said funding is no longer available from the federal government.
Source: L. 2006: Entire part amended, p. 1787, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section was contained in a 2006 act that amended this part, resulting in the addition of this section.