GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1370

Short Title:  UNC Gerontology Inst. Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Perdue; Cochrane, Edwards, Gunter, Lee, Richardson, Smith, Soles, and Walker.
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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 THE PLANNING FOR THE INSTITUTE CONSORTIUM OF GERONTOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, between 1980 and 2010, the population of older adults in this State will have doubled to over 1.1 million; and
Whereas, older adults currently comprise the fastest growing segment of our population, ranking North Carolina 10th in the United States in the growth of the older adult population; and 
Whereas, the rate of  increase in the population 85 and older is even more striking, growing through the 1990s at a rate of 65.5%; and 
Whereas, the 85 plus population is expected to reach 160,000 by 2010; and 
Whereas, it is the 85 plus population that experience the highest rates of physical and health impairments that result in needs for health, personal care, and other supportive services and that are the largest group using both group home and community-based care; and 
Whereas, these dramatic changes in the demographic profile of North Carolina will have direct impact on the State's health and human services systems; and 
Whereas, it is vital that the research and teaching in the whole area of gerontology be emphasized as the State prepares to meet the 21st Century; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the Gerontology Planning Committee's plan for implementing an Institute of Gerontology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and for its beginning outline of a plan for developing a statewide gerontology consortium linked to the Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that will include arrangements for the participation of other institutions of The University of North Carolina, independent colleges and universities, and the community college system.
The Gerontology Planning Committee shall, in addition to its current membership, include greater representation from within the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, other institutions of The University of North Carolina, independent colleges in North Carolina, private and public agencies, corporations, and older consumers.
The planning process shall include reviewing other material institutes and centers that can serve as models, such as those at the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California, surveying current gerontological offerings in higher education in North Carolina, and considering any other matters the Committee considers necessary.
The Gerontology Planning Committee shall complete the plan for implementing the Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by March 15, 1995.  The planning for a statewide gerontology consortium shall be ongoing.
The Board of Governors shall report the plan for implementing the Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to the 1995 General Assembly by May 15, 1995, and shall report at that same time on the ongoing planning for the statewide gerontology consortium.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.