AN ACT to exclude from licensure as a facility consumers living in their own home and receiving services.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 122C‑22(a) is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"§ 122C‑22.  Exclusions from licensure; deemed status.
(a)	The following are excluded from the provisions of this Article and are not required to obtain licensure under this Article:
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(12)	A home in which up to three adults, two or more having a disability, co‑own or co‑rent a home in which the persons with disabilities are receiving three or more hours of day services in the home or up to 24 hours of residential services in the home. The individuals who have disabilities cannot be required to move if the individuals change services, change service providers, or discontinue services."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of June, 2011.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 11:48 a.m. this 23rd day of June, 2011