2010 North Carolina Code
Chapter 120 General Assembly.
Article 21 - The North Carolina Study Commission on Aging.
120-181. Commission; duties.

120‑181. Commission; duties.

The Commission shall study the issues of availability and accessibility of health, mental health, social, and other services needed by older adults. In making this study the Commission shall:

(1) Study the needs of older adults in North Carolina;

(2) Assess the current status of the adequacy and of the delivery of health, mental health, social, and other services to older adults;

(3) Collect current and long range data on the older adult population and disseminate this data on an ongoing basis to agencies and organizations that are concerned with the needs of older adults;

(4) Develop a comprehensive data base relating to older adults, which may be used to facilitate both short and long range agency planning for services for older adults and for delivery of these services;

(5) Document and review requests of federal, State, regional, and local governments for legislation or appropriations for services for older adults, and make recommendations after review;

(6) Evaluate long‑term health care and its non‑institutional alternatives;

(7) Propose a plan for the development and delivery of State services for older adults that, if implemented, would, over 10 years, result in a comprehensive, cost‑effective system of services for older adults;

(8) Study all issues and aspects of gerontological concerns and problems, including but not limited to Alzheimer's Disease; and

(9) Carry out any other evaluations the Commission considers necessary to perform its mandate. (1987, c. 873, s. 13.1.)