GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 516

Short Title:  Mental Health/Corr. Services Standards.  	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Plyler and Conder.
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Referred to:  Human Resources.
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April 10, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE COMMISSION FOR MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES' ADOPTION OF STANDARDS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY TO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION INMATES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 148-19(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	The Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services shall adopt standards for the delivery of mental health and mental retardation services to inmates in the custody of the Department of Correction. The Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services shall give the Secretary of Correction an opportunity to review and comment on proposed standards prior to promulgation of such standards; however, final authority to determine such standards remains with the Commission. The Secretary of the Department of Human Resources shall designate an agency or agencies within the Department of Human Resources to monitor the implementation of such standards by the Department of Correction. The Secretary of Human Resources shall send  a written report on the progress which the Department of Correction has made on the implementation of such standards to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House. Such reports shall be made on an annual basis beginning January 1, 1978."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.