GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

SESSION LAW 2011-383

SENATE BILL 644

AN ACT TO DIRECT the department of health and human services, division of social services, TO require a redetermination of eligibility for vendor payments ONLY IF the ADOPTION ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT specifiCALLY REQUIRES A REDETERMINATION TO RECEIVE VENDOR PAYMENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Except as otherwise prohibited by federal law, the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, shall not require a redetermination of a child's eligibility for vendor payments under any adoption assistance agreement established prior to July 1, 2011.  Nothing in this act shall make vendor assistance an entitlement.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17^th day of June, 2011.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 1:17 p.m. this 27^th day of June, 2011