A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that the Program Evaluation Division of the North Carolina General Assembly shall study the consolidation of administrative functions among county departments of social services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. The Program Evaluation Division of the North Carolina General Assembly shall study the consolidation of administrative functions among county departments of social services. In conducting the study, the Program Evaluation Division shall identify opportunities for functional consolidation, affected administrative functions, estimated cost savings, and requisite policy changes, if applicable, to accommodate the consolidation of administrative functions among county departments of social services. The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, shall not consolidate these administrative functions except as directed by an act of the General Assembly.
SECTION 2. The Program Evaluation Division shall report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research Division by June 1, 2011.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.