111-27.1. Department of Health and Human Services authorized to conduct certain business operations.
For the purpose of assisting blind and visually impaired persons to become self-supporting the Department of Health and Human Services may carry on activities to promote the rehabilitation and employment of the blind and visually impaired, including employment in or the operation of various business enterprises suitable for the blind and visually impaired. The Executive Budget Act applies to the operation of these enterprises as to all appropriations made by the State to aid in the organization and the establishment of these businesses. Purchases and sales of merchandise or equipment, the payment of rents and wages to blind and visually impaired persons operating these businesses, and other expenses of these businesses from funds derived from local subscriptions and from the day-by-day operations are not subject to the provisions of law regulating purchases and contracts, or to the deposit and disbursement that apply to State funds but shall be supervised by the Department of Health and Human Services. All of the business operations under this law are subject to the oversight of the State Auditor pursuant to Article 5A of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes.
Randolph-Sheppard vendors are not State employees. Blind licensees operating vending facilities under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Services for the Blind, are independent contractors. (1945, c. 72, s. 2; 1971, c. 1025, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 143; 1983, c. 867, s. 1; 1993, c. 257, s. 9; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2000-121, s. 17.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 111 - Aid to the Blind
§ 111-13 - Administration of assistance; objective standards for personnel; rules and regulations.
§ 111-14 - Application for benefits under Article; investigation and award by county commissioners.
§ 111-15 - Eligibility for relief.
§ 111-16 - Application for aid; notice of award; review.
§ 111-17 - Amount and payment of assistance; source of funds.
§ 111-18.1 - Award and assistance checks payable to decedents.
§ 111-19 - Intercounty transfer of recipients.
§ 111-20 - Awards subject to reopening upon change in condition.
§ 111-21 - Disqualifications for relief.
§ 111-22 - Beneficiaries not deemed paupers.
§ 111-23 - Misrepresentation or fraud in obtaining assistance.
§ 111-24 - Cooperation with federal departments or agencies; grants from federal government.
§ 111-25 - Acceptance and use of federal aid.
§ 111-26 - Termination of federal aid.
§ 111-27.2 - Blind vending-stand operators; retirement benefits.
§ 111-30 - Personal representatives for certain recipients of aid to the blind.
§ 111-31 - Courts for purposes of §§ 111-30 to 111-33; records.
§ 111-32 - Findings under § 111-30 not competent as evidence in other proceedings.
§ 111-33 - Sections 111-30 to are not to affect provisions for payments for minors.