GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1144

Short Title:  Biometrics Exemption.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Pitt; and Rand.

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Referred to:  Rules and Operations of the Senate.

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May 18, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXEMPT INSTITUTIONALIZED ADULTS FROM THE BIOMETRICS RECIPIENT IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT OF THE WORK FIRST PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 108A-25.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The Department shall establish and maintain a uniform system in the Department and in all counties of identifying all Work First, food stamp, and medical assistance program recipients except for recipients who are institutionalized adults. This system shall provide security and portability throughout the State and between the departments within the State involved in means-tested public assistance programs and shall have the capability of identifying recipients of assistance from all means-tested programs administered or funded through the Department."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.