A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM SPECIAL ASSISTANCE RATE IN ADULT CARE HOMES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of $ for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to increase the maximum Special Assistance rate in adult care homes to one thousand two hundred fifty‑eight dollars ($1,258) per month per resident effective July 1, 2008.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of $ for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to increase the personal care service hours for adult care home residents to 1.5 hours per day per resident effective July 1, 2008, and to increase the personal care service hours to 2.0 hours per day per resident effective January 1, 2009.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.