GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 163

Short Title:  Develop Social Services Plan. 	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Walker, Allran, Marvin, Richardson; and Lee.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 21, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE SOCIAL SERVICES PLAN AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PILOT THE CORE OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The Department of Human Resources shall continue to further develop the Social Services Plan, in consultation and cooperation with other appropriate agencies and organizations and consistent with the policies as provided by Chapter 448 of the 1989 Session Laws. 
As part of the further development of the Social Services Plan, the Department of Human Resources shall pilot in five to ten counties the core services as described in its report on the Social Services Plan to the General Assembly. The piloting shall include the establishment of minimum standards for the provision of the core services, including staffing standards, caseload standards, training standards, and facilities standards. The General Assembly also authorizes the Department of Human Resources to establish standards for the public assistance programs in the areas of staffing, caseload, training, and facilities.
Sec. 2. The Department of Human Resources shall report periodically on the further development of the Social Services Plan to the Social Services Study Commission, if that Commission is reauthorized.
Sec. 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Social Services,  the sum of $333,191 for the 1991-92 fiscal year and the sum of                      for the 1992-93 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act.
Sec. 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.