GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 650

Short Title:  Expedite Adoption Services.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Seymour.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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April 16, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXPEDITE ADOPTIONS THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY PAYMENT OF FEES FOR CERTAIN SERVICES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143B-153(3) reads as rewritten:
"(3)	The Social Services Commission shall have the power and duty to establish and adopt standards:
a.	For the inspection and licensing of maternity homes as provided by G.S. 131D-1;
b.	For the inspection and licensing of domiciliary homes for  aged or disabled persons as provided by G.S. 131D-2(b).
c.	For the inspection and licensing of child-care institutions as provided by G.S. 131D-10.5;
d.	For the inspection and operation of jails or local confinement facilities as provided by G.S. 153A-220 and Article 2 of Chapter 131D of the General Statutes of the State of North Carolina;
e.	Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 562, s. 7.
f.	For the regulation and licensing of charitable organizations, professional fund-raising counsel and professional solicitors as provided by Chapter 131D of the General Statutes of the State of North Carolina.
g.	For the implementation and provision of those adoption services referred to in G.S. 143B-153(8)e. which the Social Services is authorized to provide, including qualifications and supervisory requirements for those individuals providing those services for the Division of Social Services."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 143B-153(8) reads as rewritten:
"(8)	The Commission may establish by regulation, except for Title XX services provided solely through the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, rates or fees for:
a.	A fee schedule for the payment of the costs of necessary day care in licensed facilities and registered plans for minor children of needy families.
b.	A fee schedule for the payment by recipients for services  which are established in accordance with Title XX of the Social Security Act and implementing regulations; and
c.	The payment of an administrative fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) to be paid by public or nonprofit agencies which employ students under the Plan Assuring College Education (PACE) program.
d.	Child support enforcement services as defined by G.S. 110-130.1.
e.	A fee system for the payment of the costs to the Division of Social Services, for the preparation of adoptive home studies and post-payment supervision services, by those couples and individuals seeking to adopt children:
1.	Through independent adoption;
2.	Through licensed private agencies in other states; or
3.	Through international placement."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.