GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1339*

Short Title:  Coalition 2001 Capital Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Conder.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 25, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR COALITION 2001 CAPITAL FUNDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, the sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year, for the capital needs of Coalition 2001.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$60,000,000 for the capital needs of 147 local priority projects identified by the North Carolina Council of Community Programs, serving 72 counties, to be allocated as follows:
a.	$3,000,000 for capital needs of residential services projects;
b. 	$6,000,000 for capital needs of vocational services projects;
c. 	$11,000,000 for capital needs of crisis-emergency services projects;
d.	$12,000,000 for capital needs of children's services projects;
e.	$6,000,000 for capital needs of adult treatment and habilitation projects; and 
f.	$22,000,000 for capital needs of multiservice facilities,
(2)	$25,000,000 for repair and renovation for the State psychiatric hospitals, mental retardation centers, and alcohol-drug treatment centers;
(3)	$6,200,000 for 33 priority developmental day centers facility projects serving 30 counties as identified by the Association of Directors of Developmental Day Centers;
(4)	$4,000,000 for new or expanded facilities for vocational rehabilitation programs that provide Adult Developmental Activities Programs (ADAP) or Vocational Rehabilitation Programs, as identified by the North Carolina Association of Rehabilitation Facilities.  These funds shall be used for new equipment, including machinery to carry out contracts, vans to transport clients, and repairs to existing buildings, including repairs required by the new State Plan of Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities;
(5)	$200,000 for capital needs in establishing three pilot projects for community rehabilitation programs that emphasize consumer-based planning and consumer choice, as recommended by the North Carolina Association of Rehabilitation Facilities;
(6)	$500,000 for capital needs to enable the aggressive transition of developmentally disabled adults from group homes to supported living, as recommended by the Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) of North Carolina and United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of North Carolina to implement a central goal of the State Plan for Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, which calls for the movement towards supported living for a larger proportion of adults.  The use to which these funds may be put include provision of technical assistance in the transition process and securing housing for 18 adults in 9 separate sites; and 
(7)	$4,100,000 for local assistive technology and a housing loaner fund, as recommended by the Community Living Association, to implement the goal of the State Plan for Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, which calls for the greater emphasis on supported living modalities.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.