GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 282

Short Title:  GPAC/MRC Downsizing.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Martin of Guilford.
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Referred to:  Government Performance Audit.
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February 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT A RECOMMENDATION OF THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH A POLICY TO INCREASE THE USE OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND TO DOWNSIZE STATE-OPERATED MENTAL RETARDATION CENTERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The General Assembly finds that North Carolina currently offers residential services for the developmentally disabled population and that residential programs are the most costly and most restrictive methods of caring for this population.  The General Assembly further finds that persons with developmental disabilities can be served far more effectively through a broad array of residential and nonresidential services.  Therefore, the General Assembly establishes a clear commitment to increase the use of community-based programs to serve the developmentally disabled, and to downsize State-operated mental retardation centers.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.