§ 111-18 – Payment of awards.
111-18. 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 […]
§ 111-18.1 – Award and assistance checks payable to decedents.
111-18.1. 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 […]
§ 111-12.3 – Rules and regulations as to receiving and expending contributions.
111-12.3. 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 participation and in accordance with established […]
§ 111-12.5 – Reserve and operating capital fund.
111-12.5. 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 to be expended […]
§ 111-12.6 – Disposition of funds deposited with or transferred to State Treasurer.
111-12.6. 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 or its […]
§ 111-4 – Register of State's blind.
111-4. 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 […]
§ 111-6 – Training schools and workshops; training outside State; sale of products; direct relief; matching of federal funds.
111-6. 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 workshops, pay employees suitable wages, devise means […]
§ 111-6.1 – Rehabilitation center for the blind and visually impaired.
111-6.1. 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 to blind and visually impaired persons to prepare them for […]
§ 111-7 – In-home services.
111-7. 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; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2000-121, s. 5.)
§ 111-8 – Investigations; eye examination and treatment.
111-8. 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 Health and Human Services may arrange […]