A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the department of correction to study its aging inmate population and evaluate methods of addressing the needs of that population.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Correction shall study its aging inmate population and evaluate the resources and facilities that will be necessary to deal with the health care, program needs, and adaptive device needs of those inmates and shall determine the desirability of establishing specialized facilities for geriatric inmates, in order to address the physical, nutritional, health care, psychological, and social needs of these older inmates. In the course of its study, the Department shall familiarize itself with the existing programs in Ohio, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania that address the needs of older inmates. The Department shall report its findings and recommendations by March 1, 2008, to the Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control, and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.