A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL MANAGEMENT ENTITIES PROVIDING Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services TO USE A PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE DISCHARGE PLANNING FOR individuals with DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES CLIENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, shall assist Local Management Entities (LMEs) in using up to five percent (5%) of the LME's developmental disability funds to help successfully transition individuals from developmental disability centers into the community.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, shall report on the progress of LMEs in successfully providing discharge planning to individuals with developmental disability.  The Department of Health and Human Services shall make its report to the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, and the Fiscal Research Division not later than March 1, 2009.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.