A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct The division of Aging and Adult Services to assemble a workgroup with representatives from the Division of health service regulation, division of medical assistance, and the division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, Department of Health anD Human Services, to develop strategies to address issues of mixed populations in adult care homes.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Division of Aging and Adult Services shall convene a workgroup with the Division of Health Service Regulation, Division of Medical Assistance, and the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, in the Department of Health and Human Services, to develop short‑term and long‑term strategies to address issues within adult care homes that provide residence to persons who are frail and elderly, persons with a disability, and to persons with a mental illness. The workgroup shall include adult care home specialists and long‑term care ombudsmen.  The workgroup shall seek input from advocates representing senior adults, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with mental illness. On or before August 1, 2010, the Division of Aging and Adult Services shall report on the workgroup's activities and recommendations for improvement to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging and the Joint Legislative Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.