RES-2018-059 Resolution outlining OC Recommendations Regarding Goals for Inclusion in the NCACC 2019-2020 Legislative Goals Package

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