GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

SESSION LAW 2009-407

SENATE BILL 195

AN ACT to direct the University of North Carolina Institute on Aging, and the division of aging and adult services, department of health and human services, to take a leadership role in helping north carolina prepare for increased numbers of older adults, as recommended by the north carolina study commission on aging.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The University of North Carolina Institute on Aging, and the Division of Aging and Adult Services, Department of Health and Human Services, shall help the State prepare for increased numbers of older adults, due to the aging of the baby boomer generation and the influx of elderly retirees into the State.  Activities shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1)        Organizing and facilitating meetings of gerontologists, researchers, county representatives, directors of area agencies on aging, and providers of State services, to collectively identify and prioritize issues for the State to address.

(2)        Working with the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, the University of North Carolina School of Government, higher education departments of municipal and regional planning and their partners, and area agencies on aging to establish a Web site containing:

a.         Information on fostering retiree and volunteer involvement, and

b.         Models of local planning efforts, in order to assist municipalities in addressing accessibility and service delivery for increasing numbers of older adults.

SECTION 2.  The University of North Carolina Institute on Aging, and the Division of Aging and Adult Services, Department of Health and Human Services, shall make progress reports on the activities required by this act to the Governor and to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging on or before March 1, 2010, and on or before November 1, 2010.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27^th day of July, 2009.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 2:07 p.m. this 5^th day of August, 2009