GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 396
SENATE BILL 478

AN ACT TO COORDINATE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL NURSING HOME REQUIREMENTS WITH STATE REQUIREMENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 131E-129 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(h)	The Department shall not assess an administrative penalty against a facility under this section if a civil monetary penalty has been assessed for the same violation under federal enforcement laws and regulations."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of July, 1995.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives