GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1488

Short Title:  Comm. Rehab. Pilots Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Perdue.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 25, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ESTABLISH PILOT PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a)	There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year, to fund the establishment of three pilot projects for community rehabilitation programs that will emphasize consumer-based planning and consumer choice.  These programs shall be designed to allow each person with developmental disabilities to receive, based on personal interests and informed choices, the necessary supports and services to be employed, to the full extent of their capability in the mainstream of the labor market, in order to effect the federal mandate of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended in 1992, to provide individuals with disabilities the opportunity to obtain gainful employment in an integrated setting.
(b)	Each of the three pilot programs established by this act shall be funded for one year.  Each pilot program shall receive fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).  The Division shall administer this program in cooperation with the North Carolina Association for Rehabilitation Facilities (NCARF).  Only members of NCARF are eligible to receive grants for pilot programs funded by this act.  This selection shall use a Request For Proposals process.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.