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NC Gen Stat § 143-64.52 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 3E - State/Public School Child Care Contracts.|§ 143-64.52 - State/public school-contracted child care facilities; limitation of State/local board liability.

 143-64.52. State/public school-contracted child care facilities; limitation of State/local board liability.The operators of the child care facilities established pursuant to this Article shall assume all financial and legal responsibility for the operation of the programs and shall maintain adequate insurance coverage for the operations taking place in the facilities. Neither the operator or any of the staff of the facilities are considered State employees or local board of education employees by virtue of this Article alone. The State or the local boards of education are financially and legally responsible only for the maintenance of the building. (1991, c. 345, s. 1; 1997-506, s. 51.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-64.60 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 3F - State Privacy Act.|§ 143-64.60 - State Privacy Act.

 143-64.60. State Privacy Act.(a) It is unlawful for any State or local government agency to deny to any individual any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law because of such individual's refusal to disclose his social security account number.The provisions of this subsection shall not apply with respect to:(1) Any disclosure which is required or permitted by federal statute, or(2) The disclosure of a social security number to any State or local agency maintaining a system of records in existence and operating before January 1, 1975, if such disclosure was required under statute or regulation adopted prior to such date to verify the identity of an individual.(b) Any State or local government agency which requests an individual to disclose his social security account number shall inform that individual whether that disclosure is mandatory or voluntary, by what statutory or other authority such number is solicited, and what uses will be made of it. (2001-256, s. 1; 2001-487, s. 87.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-64.80 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 3H - Overpayments of State Funds.|§ 143-64.80 - Overpayments of State funds to persons in State-supported positions; recoupment required.

 143-64.80. Overpayments of State funds to persons in State-supported positions; recoupment required.(a) An overpayment of State funds to any person in a State-funded position, whether in the form of salary or otherwise, shall be recouped by the entity that made the overpayment and, to the extent allowed by law, the amount of the overpayment may be offset against the net wages of the person receiving the overpayment.(b) No State department, agency, or institution, or other State-funded entity may forgive repayment of an overpayment of State funds, but shall have a duty to pursue the repayment of State funds by all lawful means available, including the filing of a civil action in the General Court of Justice. (2003-263, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-107 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 5 - Check on License Forms, Tags and Certificates Used or Issued|§ 143-107 - Transferred to § 143-106 by Session Laws 1951, c. 1010, s. 2.

 143-107. Transferred to 143-106 by Session Laws 1951, c. 1010, s. 2.
NC Gen Stat § 143-108 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 6 - Officers of State Institutions.|§ 143-108 - Secretary to be elected from directors.

 143-108. Secretary to be elected from directors. The board of directors of the various State institutions shall elect one of their number as secretary, who shall act as such at all regular or special meetings of such boards. (1907, c. 883, s. 1; C.S., s. 7517.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-109 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 6 - Officers of State Institutions.|§ 143-109 - Directors to elect officers and employees.

 143-109. Directors to elect officers and employees. All officers and employees of the various State institutions who hold elective positions shall be nominated and elected by the board of directors of the respective institutions. (1907, c. 883, s. 3; C.S., s. 7518.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-110 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 6 - Officers of State Institutions.|§ 143-110 - Places vacated for failure to attend meetings.

 143-110. Places vacated for failure to attend meetings. Unless otherwise specially provided by law, whenever a trustee or director of any institution supported in whole or in part by State appropriation shall fail to be present for two successive years at the regular meetings of the board, his place as trustee or director shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled as provided by law for other vacancies on such boards.This section shall not apply to any trustee or director who holds office as such by virtue of another public office held by him and shall not apply to any trustee or director chosen by any agency or authority other than the State of North Carolina. (1927, c. 225.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-111 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 6 - Officers of State Institutions.|§ 143-111 - Director not to be elected to position under board.

 143-111. Director not to be elected to position under board. It shall be unlawful for any board of directors, board of trustees or other governing body of any of the various State institutions (penal, charitable, or otherwise) to appoint or elect any person who may be or has been at any time within six months a member of such board of directors, board of trustees, or other governing body, to any position in the institution, which position may be under the control of such board of directors, board of trustees, or other governing body. (1909, c. 831; C.S., s. 7519.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-112 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 6 - Officers of State Institutions.|§ 143-112 - Superintendents to be within call of board meetings.

 143-112. Superintendents to be within call of board meetings. The superintendent of each of the various State institutions shall be present on the premises of his institution and within the call of the board of directors during all regular or special meetings of the board, and shall respond to all calls of the board for any information which it may wish at his hands. (1907, c. 883, s. 1; C.S., s. 7520.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-113 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 6 - Officers of State Institutions.|§ 143-113 - Trading by interested officials forbidden.

 143-113. Trading by interested officials forbidden. The directors, stewards, and superintendents of the State institutions shall not trade directly or indirectly with or among themselves, or with any concern in which they are interested, for any supplies needed by any such institutions. (1907, c. 883, s. 2; C.S., s. 7521.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-114 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 6 - Officers of State Institutions.|§ 143-114 - Diversion of appropriations to State institutions.

 143-114. Diversion of appropriations to State institutions.It shall be unlawful for the board of trustees, board of directors, or other body controlling any State institution, to divert, use, or expend any moneys appropriated for the use of said institutions for its permanent improvement and enlargement to the payment of any of the current expenses of said institution or for the payment of the cost of the maintenance thereof; it shall likewise be unlawful for any board of trustees, board of directors, or other controlling body of any State institution to which money is appropriated for its maintenance by the State to divert, use or expend any money so appropriated for maintenance, for the permanent enlargement or permanent equipment, or the purchase of land for said institution. (1921, c. 232, s. 1; C.S., s. 7521 (a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143-115 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 6 - Officers of State Institutions.|§ 143-115 - Trustee, director, officer or employee violating law guilty of misdemeanor.

 143-115. Trustee, director, officer or employee violating law guilty of misdemeanor.Any member or members of any board of trustees, board of directors, or other controlling body governing any of the institutions of the State, or any officer, employee of, or person holding any position with any of the institutions of the State, violating any of the provisions of G.S. 143-114, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction judgment shall be rendered by such court removing such member, officer, employee, or person holding any position from his place, office or position. (1921, c. 232, s. 2; C.S., s. 7521 (b); 1993, c. 539, s. 1005; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 143-116 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 6 - Officers of State Institutions.|§ 143-116 - Venue for trial of offenses.

 143-116. Venue for trial of offenses. All offenses against G.S. 143-114 and 143-115 shall be held to have been committed in the County of Wake and shall be tried and disposed of by the courts of said county having jurisdiction thereof. (1921, c. 232, s. 3; C.S., s. 7521 (c).)
NC Gen Stat § 143-116.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 6A - Rules of Conduct; Traffic Laws for Institutions.|§ 143-116.6 - Rules concerning conduct; violation.

 143-116.6. Rules concerning conduct; violation.(a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may adopt rules for State-owned institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health and Human Services for the regulation and deportment of persons in the buildings and grounds of the institutions, and for the suppression of nuisances and disorder. Rules adopted under this section shall be consistent with G.S. 14-132. Copies of the rules shall be posted at the entrance to the grounds and at different places on the grounds.(b) Any person violating such rules shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1981, c. 614, s. 5; 1987, c. 827, s. 255; 1993, c. 539, s. 1006; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143-117 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 7 - Persons Admitted to Department of Health and Human Services Institutions to Pay Costs.|§ 143-117 - Institutions included.

 143-117. Institutions included.All persons admitted to the following institutions operated by the Department of Health and Human Services are required to pay the actual cost of their care, treatment, training, and maintenance at these institutions: regional psychiatric hospitals, special care centers, regional developmental centers, schools for children with serious emotional disturbances, and alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers.  (1925, c. 120, s. 1; 1949, c. 1070; 1957, c. 1232, s. 29; 1959, c. 1028, ss. 1-7; 1967, c. 188, s. 1; c. 834, s. 1; 1969, c. 20; c. 837, s. 4; 1971, c. 469; 1981, c. 562, s. 6; 1985, c. 508, s. 2; 1987, c. 856, s. 14; 1989, c. 145, s. 2; 1997-443, ss. 11A.92, 11A.118(a); 2019-76, s. 26.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-117.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 7 - Persons Admitted to Department of Health and Human Services Institutions to Pay Costs.|§ 143-117.1 - Definitions.

 143-117.1. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) Care. - Care, treatment, training, maintenance, habilitation, and rehabilitation of a person admitted to institutions covered by this Article.(2) Department. - The Department of Health and Human Services.(3) Persons admitted. - Clients of regional psychiatric hospitals, State special care centers, regional developmental centers, schools for children with serious emotional disturbances, and alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers, including clients who may be treated on an outpatient basis.(4) Secretary. - The Secretary of Health and Human Services.  (1985, c. 508, s. 3; 1987, c. 856, s. 15; 1989, c. 145, s. 3; c. 770, s. 41; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2019-76, s. 27.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-118 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 7 - Persons Admitted to Department of Health and Human Services Institutions to Pay Costs.|§ 143-118 - Secretary of Health and Human Services to fix cost and charges.

 143-118. Secretary of Health and Human Services to fix cost and charges.(a) The Secretary shall determine and fix the actual cost of care to be paid by and for each person admitted to an institution. The Secretary is given full and final authority to fix a general rate of charge based on said actual cost of providing care, to be paid by persons admitted able to pay the rate or charge, or, in cases where indigent persons admitted are later found to be nonindigent, then cost for their care shall be paid in one or more payments based on the rate of charge in effect for the period or periods of time during which the persons admitted were receiving care in the institutions.(b), (c) Repealed by Session Laws 1985, c. 508, s. 5.(d) The Secretary shall ascertain which of the persons admitted or persons legally responsible for them are financially able to pay the cost fixed.(e) The Secretary is empowered to enter into contracts of compromise of accounts owing to the institution for past, present or future care at the institutions, including but not limited to the authority to enter into a contract to charge nothing, which contract shall be binding on the respective institution under the terms and for the period specified in the contract. The rates set by the compromise shall be determined in the discretion of the Secretary by the ability to pay of the person admitted or the person legally responsible for his support. This subsection shall not be construed as mandatory and if a contract is not entered into or terminates or if the obligor defaults in the payment of a compromise account or any installment, then the full actual cost of care shall be assessed against the person admitted.(f) For any client admitted under Part 2 of Article 5 of G.S. 122C to a State facility for the mentally ill designated for research purposes in accordance with G.S. 122C-210.2, the Secretary may reduce the rates set by compromise in G.S. 143-118(e) by not more than one-half the amount of that rate. (1925, c. 120, s. 2; 1935, c. 186, s. 1; 1981, c. 562, s. 6; 1985, c. 508, ss. 4-6; 1987, c. 358, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143-119 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 7 - Persons Admitted to Department of Health and Human Services Institutions to Pay Costs.|§ 143-119 - Payments.

 143-119. Payments.(a) The cost of care when fixed by the Secretary shall be paid by the person admitted or by the person legally responsible for payment. The payment of the cost of care constitutes a valid expenditure of funds held by a fiduciary of a person admitted, including Clerks of Court, and a receipt for payment of such costs shall be a valid voucher in the fiduciary's settlement of his accounts of his trust.(b) Immediately upon the determination of the cost, the person admitted or the person legally responsible for paying the cost shall be notified of the amount due and a statement shall be rendered on a monthly basis.(c) If the person admitted or the person legally responsible for paying the cost is not able to pay the total cost due on a monthly basis, the Secretary may arrange for the payment of a portion of the cost monthly and extend the payments until the costs are paid or may arrange for any other method of payment.(d) The institutions shall maintain a list of all unpaid accounts for audit by the State auditors.(e) The Secretary may discharge from the institution persons admitted who have been found able to pay but who refuse to pay costs fixed against them, unless the person was committed by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (1925, c. 120, s. 3; 1935, c. 186, s. 2; 1983, c. 23, s. 2; c. 806; 1985, c. 508, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-121 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 7 - Persons Admitted to Department of Health and Human Services Institutions to Pay Costs.|§ 143-121 - Action to recover costs.

 143-121. Action to recover costs.(a) Immediately upon the fixing of the amount of actual cost, a cause of action shall accrue for the costs in favor of the State for the use of the institution in which the person admitted received care against the person admitted or person legally responsible for paying the costs.(b) The State for the use of the institution may sue upon the cause of action in the courts of Wake County, in the courts of the county in which the institution is located, or in the courts of the county where the defendant resides.(c) In any action to recover the cost of care, a verified and itemized statement of the account signed by the reimbursement director of the institution showing the period of time during which the person admitted was receiving care in the institution, the daily or monthly rate of charge fixed by the Secretary, the total amount due on the account, and the proper credits for any payments which may have been made on the account, shall be filed with the complaint and shall constitute a prima facie case. The State shall be entitled to a judgment in the case in the absence of allegation and proof on the part of the person admitted or person legally responsible for paying the costs that the verified and itemized statement is not correct because of:(1) An error in the calculation of the amount due predicated upon the rate of charge fixed by the Secretary;(2) An error as to the period of time during which the person admitted received care in the institution; or(3) An error in not properly crediting the account with any payment which may have been made.(d) The provisions of this Article directing the Secretary to determine which of the persons admitted are nonindigent and able to pay for their care, notify the person admitted or person legally responsible for the cost of his care of the amount due, to render a statement of the amount due monthly, to discharge persons admitted found able to pay but who refuse to pay and all of the other provisions relating to the manner in which the Secretary shall assess and collect costs are directory and not mandatory. The failure of the Secretary to perform any of these provisions shall not affect the right of the State to recover in any action brought for the cost of care against the person admitted, a person legally responsible for the cost of his care, or his estate if he has died. (1925, c. 120, s. 5; 1985, c. 508, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-121.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 7 - Persons Admitted to Department of Health and Human Services Institutions to Pay Costs.|§ 143-121.1 - Ratification of past acts.

 143-121.1. Ratification of past acts.The past acts of the Secretary, boards of directors of the institutions and the North Carolina Hospital Board of Control in fixing the rate to be paid by persons admitted are hereby in every respect ratified and validated, and on all claims and causes of action now pending or which hereafter may be made or begun for the payment of the past indebtedness for care, the rates fixed by the party authorized the fix rates at the time the care was provided shall prevail and collections shall be made in accordance with those rates unless the Secretary enters into a contract compromising the account. (1985, c. 508, s. 10.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-122 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 7 - Persons Admitted to Department of Health and Human Services Institutions to Pay Costs.|§ 143-122 - No limitation of action.

 143-122. No limitation of action.No statute of limitation shall apply to or constitute a defense to any cause of action asserted by the State under this Article and all statutes containing limitations which might apply to these actions are hereby repealed as to all such causes of action for costs previously incurred and now remaining unpaid. (1925, c. 120, s. 6; 1985, c. 508, s. 11.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-123 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 7 - Persons Admitted to Department of Health and Human Services Institutions to Pay Costs.|§ 143-123 - Power to admit indigent persons.

 143-123. Power to admit indigent persons.(a) This Article shall not be construed to limit the authority of the institutions to provide care to all indigent persons who are otherwise entitled to admission in any of the institutions.(b) If at any time any person admitted and determined to be indigent shall succeed to or inherit, or acquire, in any manner, property or otherwise be reputed to be solvent, then the State shall have the full right and authority to collect and sue for the entire cost of care without hinderance of any statute of limitations. (1925, c. 120, s. 7; 1985, c. 508, s. 11.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-124 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 7 - Persons Admitted to Department of Health and Human Services Institutions to Pay Costs.|§ 143-124 - Suit by Attorney General; venue.

 143-124. Suit by Attorney General; venue.At the request of the institution, all actions and suits shall be prosecuted by the Attorney General. The institution shall have the right to select the venue of the action. (1925, c. 120, s. 8; 1985, c. 508, s. 11.)
NC Gen Stat § 143-125 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions|Article 7 - Persons Admitted to Department of Health and Human Services Institutions to Pay Costs.|§ 143-125 - Judgment; never barred.

 143-125. Judgment; never barred.Any judgment obtained by the State under this Article shall never be barred by any statute of limitation but shall to the extent unpaid continue in force; and, at the request of the Attorney General or the director of the institution, the clerk shall issue an execution. (1925, c. 120, s. 9; 1985, c. 508, s. 11.)