2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973.
§ 143B-181.6. Purpose and intent.

§ 143B‑181.6.  Purpose and intent.

It is the North Carolina General Assembly's intent in the State's development and implementation of long‑term care policies that:

(1)        Long‑term care services administered by the Department of Health and Human Services and other State and local agencies shall include a balanced array of health, social, and supportive services that promote individual choice, dignity, and the highest practicable level of independence;

(2)        Home and community‑based services shall be developed, expanded, or maintained in order to meet the needs of consumers in the least confusing manner and based on the desires of the elderly and their families;

(3)        All services shall be responsive and appropriate to individual need and shall be delivered through a seamless system that is flexible and responsive regardless of funding source;

(4)        Services shall be available to all elderly who need them but targeted primarily to the most frail, needy elderly;

(5)        State and local agencies shall maximize the use of limited resources by establishing a fee system for persons who have the ability to pay;

(6)        Institutional care shall be provided in such a manner and in such an environment as to promote maintenance or enhancement of the quality of life of each resident and timely discharge to a less restrictive care setting when appropriate; and

(7)        State health planning for institutional bed supply shall take into account increased availability of other home and community‑based services options. (1981, c. 675, ss. 1, 2; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 583, s. 2; 1997‑443, s. 11A.118(a).)