Bill Text: NC H83 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Modify MHDDSAS Reporting Requirements
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-15 - If Favorable Appropriations [H83 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-H83-Introduced.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
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HOUSE DRH80012-MGz-19A* (01/19)
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Short Title: Modify MHDDSAS Reporting Requirements. |
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Representative Insko. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to modify department of health and human services reportING REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE joint legislative oversight committee on mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a) The Department of Health and Human Services shall submit the following reports to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services:
(1) By September 1, 2011, a report summarizing for the one‑year period preceding the date of the report the deaths of clients of a State facility that primarily provides services for the care, treatment, habilitation, or rehabilitation of individuals with a mental illness, developmental disability, or substance abuse disorder (State facility) and, if known, the deaths of former clients of a State facility whose deaths occurred within 14 days of discharge from the State facility.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, a report on a strategic plan for organizing State and local resources to fund services provided to individuals with a mental illness, developmental disability, or substance abuse disorder. The report shall include criteria for the allocation of funds, guidelines for utilization of funds, restrictions on use of funds, and a list of expenditures.
SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 143C‑9‑2(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d) Beginning July 1, 2007, October 1,
2011, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall
report annually to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental
Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services and the Fiscal
Research Division on the balance of the Trust Fund and the expenditures
made during the preceding fiscal year from the Trust Fund. The report shall
identify each expenditure by recipient and purpose and shall indicate the
authority under subsection (b) of this section for the expenditure."
SECTION 1.(c) G.S. 10.19A(c) of S.L. 2009‑451 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 10.19A.(c) The Department of Health and
Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and
Substance Abuse Services, shall require quarterly reporting from LMEs in the
format required under subsection (a) of this section. The Department of Health
and Human Services shall report the results of the quarterly reports to the
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental
Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, the House of Representatives
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, the Senate
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research
Division on or before May 1, 2010.May 1, 2011, and annually
thereafter."
SECTION 1.(d) G.S. 122C‑102(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) State Performance Measures. – The State Plan
shall also include a mechanism for measuring the State's progress towards
increased performance on the following matters: access to services, consumer‑focused
outcomes, individualized planning and supports, promotion of best practices,
quality management systems, system efficiency and effectiveness, and
prevention and early intervention. Beginning October 1, 2006, equitable
allocation of resources, prevention and early intervention, statewide system of
crisis response for adults and children, and management of the utilization of
State facilities. Beginning January 1, 2012, and every six months
thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the General Assembly and the Joint
Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities,
and Substance Abuse Services, on the State's progress in these performance
areas."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
