GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 52
SENATE BILL 166

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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of April, 1991.

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Henson P. Barnes
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives