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4 <br /> 3) Expansion of Medicaid Program — Support legislation to <br /> increase access to the Medicaid program to make health <br /> insurance available to approximately 500,000 more North Carolina <br /> residents and as additional support for rural hospitals; <br /> 4) Mental Health — Seek legislation to ensure that adequate State- <br /> funded mental health, developmental disability, and substance <br /> abuse services and facilities are available at the local level, <br /> accessible and affordable to all residents and that sufficient state <br /> resources fund service provision costs inclusive of sufficient crisis <br /> intervention and treatment, and to structure appropriate county <br /> participation in governance; <br /> 5) People with Mental Health Issues in County Jails — Support <br /> legislation to develop and fund a plan to reduce the number of <br /> people with mental health issues in county jails (See EXHIBIT A <br /> Regarding the National Association of Counties (NACo) Stepping <br /> Up Initiative); <br /> 6) County Jail System/Housing State Inmates Reimbursement — <br /> Support legislation to protect the fiscal viability of the county jail <br /> system by reinstating reimbursement for state inmates housed in <br /> county jails sentenced to 90 days or less; <br /> 7) Minimum Wage Increase — Support legislation to raise the <br /> minimum wage for all, not just employees of the State of North <br /> Carolina, to enhance people's economic security, improve access <br /> to safe and secure housing, boost the economy with increased <br /> spending, decrease dependence on government assistance <br /> programs, and improve the lives of families; <br /> 8) Machinery Act — Support local governments' need for more <br /> flexibility to remedy measurement and/or condition property <br /> appraisal errors related to local property tax functions. North <br /> Carolina property tax law substantially limits the ability of local <br /> governments to address property tax discrepancies, such as <br /> prohibiting the refund of prior years' taxes paid after a <br /> measurement and/or condition property appraisal error is <br /> discovered. Just as local governments can recoup prior years' <br /> property taxes from owners for "discoveries", local governments <br /> should likewise be authorized to refund prior years' taxes paid <br /> when situations such as measurement and/or condition property <br /> appraisal errors are discovered; <br /> 9) Homestead Exemption — Support revisions to the Homestead <br /> Exemption provisions of the Machinery Act to: <br /> a) provide greater opportunities for low-income seniors to <br /> remain in their homes and not be displaced due to property <br />