GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	2 

SENATE BILL 166
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 4/4/91

Short Title:  Aging-Fees for Services.	(Public)
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February 21, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, DIVISION OF AGING, TO CHARGE FEES FOR IN-HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143B-181.1(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(10)	To establish a fee schedule to cover the cost of providing in-home and community-based services funded by the Division.  The fees may vary on the basis of the type of service provided and the ability of the recipient to pay for the service.  The fees may be imposed on the recipient of a service unless prohibited by federal law.  The local agency shall retain the fee and use it to extend the availability of in-home and community-based services provided by the Division in support of functionally impaired older adults and family caregivers of functionally impaired older adults."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1992.