GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 526
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/14/89

Short Title:  Mentally Ill Minor Def.	(Public)
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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 so that he is in need of treatment."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.