{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-216.31","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-216.31","heading":"Council for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing - creation and duties.","body":"There is hereby created the Council for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Council shall have duties including the following:\n(1)\tTo make recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for cost-effective provision, coordination, and improvement of services;\n(2)\tTo create public awareness of the specific needs and abilities of people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind and to consider the need for new State programs concerning the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind;\n(3)\tTo advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services during planning and implementation of services being provided to North Carolina citizens who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind with respect to the quality, extent, and scope of those services;\n(4)\tTo advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction regarding planning, implementation, and cost-effective coordination of State programs providing educational services for persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind; and\n(5)\tTo respond to the request of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for advice or recommendations pertaining to any matter affecting deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind citizens of North Carolina. (1989, c. 533, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2003-343, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 3. Department of Health and Human Services.","Part 29. Council for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing; Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-216.31.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"53ef101a0af79eb37606a74493d248172b562c4b75864479639b50c7961f59bd","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-216.30","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-216.32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}