GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 201

Short Title:  Long-Term Care Data Capability.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Wiser; Buchanan and Bowman.
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Referred to:  Human Resources.
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February 13, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THE CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE NECESSARY DATA REGARDING LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Department of Human Resources shall establish and maintain the capability to provide to the General Assembly and State and local agencies and individuals all necessary data concerning long-term care facilities, including all nursing homes and domiciliary care facilities.  The data that the Division shall provide shall include the location of all facilities and their bed capacity, the violations cited against each long-term care facility and dates of such violations, the administrative penalties assessed against each long-term care facility and the dates of these penalties, and all other data necessary to assess the adequacy of care provided by the State's long-term care facilities.
The Division shall make a report containing all the data it has collected to the General Assembly by June 1, 1990.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.