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rA <br />homestead exemption and support reinstatement of the earned income <br />tax credit. <br />9) Standard Deadline for Board of Equalization & Review Appeals — <br />Support legislation amending North Carolina General Statute 105 -322 <br />of the Machinery Act to provide for statewide uniformity in the deadline <br />for filing an appeal with the county Board of Equalization and Review <br />with additional time to taxpayers who receive late notices of value <br />changes. Currently each county Board of Equalization and Review <br />establishes its own deadline for these appeals. A uniform statewide <br />deadline by which such appeals must be filed would eliminate <br />uncertainty for taxpayers wishing to challenge their valuations. <br />10) Medicaid Expansion — Seek legislation to expand Medicaid coverage <br />under the Affordable Care Act to provide coverage for low- income <br />adults and families. <br />11) Medicaid Rates to Cover Costs — Support legislation for a rate <br />increase for Medicaid services to at least cover cost of service. In an <br />effort to curb Medicaid costs, legislative actions over the past 10 years <br />routinely show a Medicaid service- provider rate reduction or a reduction <br />in the inflationary increases for reimbursement rates, increases to keep <br />pace with medical inflation. Despite a 50 percent plus increase in <br />Medicaid clients, fewer physicians are choosing to treat Medicaid clients <br />given lower reimbursement rates than that offered under private <br />insurance plans. <br />12) County Jail System /Housing State Inmates Reimbursement — <br />Support legislation to protect the fiscal viability of the county jail system <br />by reinstating a reimbursement rate for state inmates housed in county <br />jails and increasing the reimbursement rate for state inmates awaiting <br />post -trial prison transfer; <br />13) Drug Treatment Court Funding — Seek legislation to restore funding <br />to Drug Treatment Courts in North Carolina. In 2011, the General <br />Assembly eliminated all state funding for Drug Treatment Courts. These <br />courts were created by the General Assembly in 1995 and have been <br />utilized across the state to address substance abuse issues in the <br />criminal justice system, reduce alcohol and drug - related caseloads, and <br />promote effective use of resources for substance abuse treatment. <br />Without funding for these courts, many counties have lost a valuable <br />resource for managing judicial caseloads and addressing substance <br />abuse issues. <br />14) Funding for Gang Prevention, Adolescent Substance Abuse and <br />Domestic Violence Prevention, Intervention and Treatment — <br />Support legislation to provide state funding for gang prevention, <br />