H97 - 2015 Appropriations Act, Sec. 31.10: Plan for Relocating all Department of Health and Human Services Office to One Location (SL 2015-241)

Overview: Sec. 31.10 of S.L. 2015-241 directs the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in consultation with the Department of Administration, to develop a plan for relocating the administrative personnel and resources of DHHS that are located on the Dorothea Dix campus and on other property leased or owned by the State in the Greater Triangle area (consisting of Durham, Orange, Johnston, and Wake Counties) to a single site available to the State. The plan must not include relocation of personnel or resources whose primary responsibilities include the provision of services directly to the public in the Greater Triangle area.

DHHS must report the plan to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division by the earlier of October 1, 2016, or six months prior to the date on which the Department is required to move some or all of its personnel and resources from the Dorothea Dix campus under the terms of an agreement between the State and the City of Raleigh.  

This section also prohibits DHHS and the Department of Administration from entering into any lease or other agreement to move the personnel or resources of DHHS that currently reside on the Dorothea Dix campus or on other property leased or owned by the State in the Greater Triangle area to another site until specifically authorized to do so by the General Assembly.

This section became effective on July 1, 2015.