GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 438
SENATE BILL 424

AN ACT TO AMEND THE MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL RETARDATION, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONFIDENTIALITY LAWS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 122C-55 is amended by inserting a new subsection (e1) to read:
"(e1)	A State facility may furnish client identifying information to the Department for the purpose of maintaining an index of clients served in State facilities which may be used by State facilities only if that information is necessary for the appropriate and effective evaluation, care and treatment of the client."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of June, 1989.