Bill Summaries: H541 COMM. COLLEGES/OPT OUT OF FED'L LOAN PROGRAM (NEW).

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  • Summary date: Jun 16 2011 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGES MAY OPT OUT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE WILLIAM D. FORD FEDERAL DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM. Summarized in Daily Bulletin 6/7/11. Enacted June 16, 2011. Effective July 1, 2011.


  • Summary date: Jun 7 2011 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Deletes the provisions of the 1st edition and replaces it with AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGES MAY OPT OUT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE WILLIAM D. FORD FEDERAL DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM.
    Amends GS 115D-40.1 (Financial Assistance for Community College Students) to allow a community college board of trustees to adopt a resolution declining to participate in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (loan program). Allows a board of trustees that has adopted a resolution declining to participate in the loan program to rescind the resolution and participate in the loan program, but removes that institution’s option of declining further participation in the loan program.
    Provides that this act only applies to the following: Alamance Community College, Central Piedmont Community College, Gaston College, Mitchell Community College, Montgomery Community College, Randolph Community College, Richmond Community College, Robeson Community College, Stanly Community College, and Wilkes Community College.
    Effective July 1, 2011.


  • Summary date: Mar 30 2011 - View Summary

    Directs the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance (Division), to amend the CAP-MR/DD waiver as follows: (1) current and future recipients may elect to receive residential supports in a licensed residential setting with six or fewer beds, as indicated; (2) current and future recipients may elect to receive residential supports in a licensed residential setting with six or more beds if the recipient’s plan of care clearly identifies and documents the resident’s unique circumstances, as described; and (3) individuals currently residing in a licensed group home or a licensed adult care home with more than six beds, who received services under CAP-MR/DD on November 1, 2008, may elect to receive residential supports.
    Requires the Division to submit an application for approval to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by August 1, 2011, if required.