A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow area authorities organized under chapter 122C of the general statutes that are operating under medicaid managed care waivers to organize under chapter 131e of the general statutes, the hospital authorities act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes, the Hospital Authorities Act, is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 131E‑35.  Organization under this Part by area authorities operating under Medicaid waivers.
A behavioral health authority may be created under the provisions of this Part whenever a county board of commissioners finds and adopts a resolution finding that it is in the interest of the public health and welfare to create a behavioral health authority in order to operate a behavioral health program under a Medicaid 1915 (b)/(c) waiver program. A behavioral health authority shall be created in the same manner as a hospital authority pursuant to this Part and subject to the same provisions, except that G.S. 131E‑20 does not apply to a behavioral health authority."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.