NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 915

HOUSE BILL 625

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO MEET INCREASED OPERATING COSTS FOR CARE OF SPECIAL ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS IN FAMILY CARE HOMES AND HOMES FOR THE AGED.

 

Whereas, in order to cover the increased costs of Family Care Homes and Rest Homes, it is the intent of the General Assembly to increase payments to State/County Special Assistance for Adults by an average of one dollar ($1.00) per day, or an average of thirty dollars ($30.00) per month; and

Whereas, by the provisions of Section 17 of Ratified Chapter 875 of the 1975 Session of the North Carolina General Assembly, the General Assembly, has provided for an increase of thirty-eight cents (38¢) per day; and

Whereas, additional State funds are needed to increase the payment by sixty-two cents (62¢) per day; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The sum of nine hundred sixteen thousand nine hundred sixty-two dollars ($916,962), for the fiscal year 1975-1976, and the sum of nine hundred sixty-two thousand one hundred thirty dollars ($962,130), for the fiscal year 1976-1977, is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources in order to meet the increased operating costs for care of Special Assistance recipients in family care homes and homes for the aged.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1975.