GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1133

Short Title:  Home/Comm. Care Aging Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Perdue.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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May 18, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR IN-HOME CARE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR THE AGING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year for community and home care services for the aging for those who are not eligible for Medicaid and who cannot afford to pay for the essential in-home or caregiver support services.  These funds shall be used for home care, home-delivered meals, adult day care, transportation for medical treatment and services, out-of-home respite care, and related services that enable seniors to remain in their own homes and communities.  These funds shall be distributed pursuant to the income eligibility rules and the other rules adopted for the Division of Aging's use of these funds pursuant to G.S. 143B-181.1(a)(10).
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.