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4103
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There are over one-and-quarter-million people in the state over the age of sixty. Legislation passed by the N.C. General Assembly in 1998 included certain Medicaid coverage benefits, additional funding for senior centers, increased retirement benefits for state and local employees, and a state income tax credit for payment of premiums for long-term care insurance.
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7399
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Legislation for senior citizens was not a top priority in the 1997 General Assembly; however, several pieces of legislation were enacted, including adult care and nursing homes, retirement benefits for government employees, and long-term care insurance.
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16165
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North Carolina's aging population, those over the age of 65, has increased dramatically. Between 1980 and 1990, the state's elderly population grew 33 percent. This bulletin traces the growth of programs for the elderly and discusses the responsibilities of the federal, state, and local governments with respect to the administration and financing of aging programs in the state.
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16166
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A range of legislative proposals affecting the state's senior citizens was recommended to, and considered by, the 1995 General Assembly. These included legislation affecting adult care homes and nursing homes and abuse and neglect of the elderly.
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16167
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Saxon describes the state's new criminal statute (N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-32.3) regarding the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of disabled or elder adults by caretakers; the prosecution of adult abuse, exploitation, and neglect under other criminal statutes; and the relationship between the criminal statutes and the state's adult protective services law.
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16168
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This bulletin summarizes legislation affecting senior citizens and government programs for the elderly enacted by the General Assembly during the 1996 Regular Session and the Second Extra Session if 1996.
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16169
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Saxon discusses the \"estate recovery\" provisions of the federal Medicaid law, the law and rules implementing the Medicaid estate recovery program in North Carolina, and the impact of the Medicaid estate recovery program on elderly or disabled Medicaid recipients in the state.
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16174
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This bulletin discusses the often-confusing interplay between North Carolina's laws regarding spousal support and responsibility and the provisions of the federal Medicaid statute that apply to income and assets of a married couple when one spouse is a nursing home patient and applies for Medicaid payment for nursing home care while the other spouse continues to live in the community.
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