North Carolina · statute · N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 111 · 54 active provisions
Register of State's blind. (a) The Department of Health and Human Services shall cause to be maintained a complete register of the blind in the State that shall describe the condition and cause of blindness of each and any other facts that may seem to the Department of Health and Human Services to be of value. (b) When…
Training schools and workshops; training outside State; sale of products; direct relief; matching of federal funds. The Department of Health and Human Services may establish one or more training schools and workshops for employment of suitable blind and visually impaired persons, equip and maintain these schools and wo…
Rehabilitation center for the blind and visually impaired. The Department of Health and Human Services shall establish and operate a rehabilitation center for the blind and visually impaired for the purpose of evaluating and providing instruction in specialized independent living, prevocational, and vocational skills t…
In-home services. The Department of Health and Human Services may foster maximum independence of blind and visually impaired persons through the provision of in-home independent living, development of community-based support groups, and related services as it deems advisable. (1935, c. 53, s. 6; 1973, c. 476, s. 143; 1…
Investigations; eye examination and treatment. The Department of Health and Human Services shall continue to make inquiries concerning the cause of blindness, to learn what proportion of these cases are preventable, and to inaugurate and cooperate in any measure for the State it deems advisable. The Department of Healt…
Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) "Blind person" means a person who meets any of the following criteria: a. Is totally blind. b. Has central visual acuity that does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses. c. Has a visual field that subtends an angle…
Jurisdiction of certain Divisions within the Department of Health and Human Services. For the purpose of providing rehabilitative services to people who are visually impaired, the Division of Services for the Blind and the Division of Employment and Independence for People with Disabilities shall develop and enter into…
Acceptance of private contributions for particular facilities authorized. In addition to other powers and duties granted it by law, the Department of Health and Human Services is hereby authorized to accept contributions of funds made by any private individual, agency or organization even though a condition of the cont…
Contributions treated as State funds to match federal funds. The Department of Health and Human Services is further authorized to treat any funds received in accordance with G.S. 111-12.1 as State funds for the purpose of accepting any funds made available under federal law on a matching basis for the establishment of…
Rules and regulations as to receiving and expending contributions. The Department of Health and Human Services shall make all rules and regulations necessary for the purpose of receiving and expending any funds mentioned in G.S. 111-12.1 to 111-12.3 which are consistent with the principle of obtaining maximum federal p…
Reserve and operating capital fund. Funds now held by the Bureau of Employment of the North Carolina State Commission for the Blind or its successor organization not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be retained by the Department of Health and Human Services as a reserve and operating capital fund…
Disposition of funds deposited with or transferred to State Treasurer. All funds required under this Article to be deposited with or which have been transferred to the State Treasurer by the Bureau of Employment of the Department of Health and Human Services, and all future net earnings and accumulations of the Bureau…
Administration of assistance; objective standards for personnel; rules and regulations. The Department of Health and Human Services shall be charged with the supervision of the administration of assistance to the needy blind under this Article, and said Department shall establish objective standards for personnel to be…
Application for benefits under Article; investigation and award by county commissioners. Any person claiming benefits under this Article shall file with the commissioners of the county in which he or she is residing an application in writing, in duplicate, upon forms prescribed by the Department of Health and Human Ser…
Eligibility for relief. Blind persons having the following qualifications shall be eligible for relief under the provisions of this Article: (1) Repealed by Session Laws 2000-121, s. 13. (2) Who are unable to provide for themselves the necessities of life and who have insufficient means for their own support and who ha…
Application for aid; notice of award; review. Promptly after an application for aid is made to the board of county commissioners under this Article, the Department of Health and Human Services shall be notified of the application by mail by the county commissioners. One of the duplicate applications for aid made before…
Amount and payment of assistance; source of funds. When the board of county commissioners is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to relief under the provisions of this Article, as provided in G.S. 111-14, they shall order necessary relief to be granted under the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission f…
Payment of awards. After an award to a blind person has been made by the board of county commissioners, and approved by the Department of Health and Human Services the Department of Health and Human Services shall thereafter pay to such person to whom such award is made the amount of said award in monthly payments, or…
Award and assistance checks payable to decedents. (a) In the event of the death of a recipient of an award made pursuant to G.S. 111-18 during or after the first day of the month for which the award was authorized to be paid, any check or checks in payment of such award made payable to the deceased recipient and not en…
Intercounty transfer of recipients. Any recipient of aid to the blind under this Article who moves to another county of this State shall be entitled to receive aid to the blind in the county to which he has moved and the board of county commissioners of such county, or its authorized agent, is hereby directed to make t…
Awards subject to reopening upon change in condition. All awards to needy blind persons made under the provisions of this Article shall be made subject to reopening and reconsideration at any time when there has been any change in the circumstances of any needy blind person or for any other reason. The Department of He…
Disqualifications for relief. No aid to needy blind persons shall be given under the provisions of this Article to any individual for any period with respect to which he is receiving aid under the laws of North Carolina providing Work First Family Assistance and/or relief for the aged, and/or aid for the permanently an…
Beneficiaries not deemed paupers. No blind person shall be deemed a pauper by reason of receiving relief under this Article. (1937, c. 124, s. 11.)
Misrepresentation or fraud in obtaining assistance. Any person who shall obtain, or attempt to obtain, by means of a willful, false statement, or representation, or impersonation, or other fraudulent devices, assistance to which he is not entitled shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. The superior court and the rec…
Cooperation with federal departments or agencies; grants from federal government. The Department of Health and Human Services is hereby empowered, authorized and directed to cooperate with the appropriate federal department or agency charged with the administration of the Social Security Act in any reasonable manner as…