GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 526

Short Title:  Mentally Ill Minor Def.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Barnes.
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Referred to:  Human Resources.
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March 13, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF A MENTALLY ILL MINOR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 122C-3(21) reads as rewritten:
"(21)	 ‘Mental illness' means: (i) when applied to an adult, an illness which so lessens the capacity of the individual to use self-control, judgment, and discretion in the conduct of his affairs and social relations as to make it necessary or advisable for him to be under treatment, care, supervision, guidance, or control; and (ii) when applied to a minor, a mental condition, other than mental retardation alone, that so impairs the youth's capacity to  exercise age adequate  self-control or judgment in the conduct of his activities and  social relationships as to make it necessary for him to be under treatment."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.