North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H1131: More APS Staff to Address Elder Abuse.
Status: In committee, May 13, 2026
What the bill says
An act appropriating funds to the department of health and human services, division of social services, to fund additional adult protective services workers at county departments of social services to investigate an increasing volume of elder abuse reports.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES, TO FUND ADDITIONAL ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKERS AT COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO INVESTIGATE AN INCREASING VOLUME OF ELDER ABUSE REPORTS. Whereas, Article 6 of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes mandates county departments of social services to evaluate reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults through a system of protective services known as Adult Protective Services (APS); and Whereas, reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults may include all forms of abuse such as physical, sexual, emotional, mental, passive neglect, and financial exploitation, and may include acts of confinement and willful deprivation; and Whereas, the federal Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) provides 21% of the funding for APS staff at county departments of social services, and the counties provide the remaining 79%; and Whereas, in North Carolina, the State does not allocate State funds for Adult Protective Services; and Whereas, according to the National Council on Aging, pre-pandemic sources estimated approximately one in 10 Americans 60 years of age or older have experienced some form of elder abuse, and a more recent study found that one in five older adults reported elder abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic; and Whereas, in county departments of …
Sponsors
- Price, Renée A. (D, 50) · primary sponsor
- Buansi, Allen (D, 56) · primary sponsor
- Ager, Eric (D, 114)
- Ball, Cynthia (D, 49)
- Belk, Mary (D, 88)
- Brown, Gloristine (D, 8)
- Brown, Kanika (D, 71)
- Butler, Deb (D, 18)
- Carney, Becky (D, 102)
- Cervania, Maria (D, 41)
- Clark, Tracy (D, 57)
- Cohn, Bryan (D, 32)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- : Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS., BUDGETING, COUNTIES, AGING, DHHS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC, Capital Programs and Climate Financing Authority Act: California Investment and Innovation Program.
Common questions
- What is H1131?
- H1131 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): More APS Staff to Address Elder Abuse.
- What does H1131 do?
- In its own words: An act appropriating funds to the department of health and human services, division of social services, to fund additional adult protective services workers at county departments of social services to investigate an increasing volume of elder abuse reports.
- What is the status of H1131?
- In committee as of May 13, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (May 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1131?
- Price, Renée A. (D, 50), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1131?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H1131
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