A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to enact a pilot program to assess proposed changes to the adult protective services statutes, as recommended by the north carolina study commission on 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 and Adult Services, the sum of one million four hundred ninety‑two thousand dollars ($1,492,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and one million nine hundred thirty thousand dollars ($1,930,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to design and implement a pilot program to assess proposed changes to the adult protective services statutes. The proposed changes include the implementation of an Adult Protective Services Clearinghouse Model that is intended to enhance the capacity of county departments of social services in responding to the needs of all abused, neglected, or exploited adults.  The Department shall report on the evaluation of the pilot to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging on or before March 1, 2009.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.