GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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SENATE BILL 165

Short Title:  Home/Community Care Block Grant.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Perdue; and Walker.
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Referred to:  Human Resources.
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February 21, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, DIVISION OF AGING, TO ADMINISTER A HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE BLOCK GRANT FOR OLDER ADULTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 153B-181.1(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(10)	To administer a Home and Community Care Block Grant for older adults, effective July 1, 1992.  The Home and Community Care Block Grant shall be comprised of applicable Older Americans Act funds, Social Services Block Grant funding in support of the Respite Care Program (G.S. 143B-181.10), State funds for home and community care services administered by the Division of Aging, portions of the State In-Home and Adult Day Care funds (Chapter 1048, 1981 Session Laws) administered by the Division of Social Services which support services to older adults, and other funds appropriated by the General Assembly as part of the Home and Community Care Block Grant.  Funding currently administered by the Division of Social Services to be included in the block grant will be based on the expenditures for older adults at a point in time to be mutually determined by the Divisions of Social Services and Aging.  The total amount of Older Americans Act funds to be included in the Home and Community Care Block Grant and the matching rates for the block grant shall be established by the Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging.  Allocations made to counties in support of older adults shall not be less than resources made available for the period July 1, 1990, through June 30, 1991, contingent upon availability of current State and federal funding."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.