A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT exempting from certificate of need review continuing care retirement communities that provide home health services to individuals receiving lodging within these communities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 131E‑184 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(f)	The Department shall exempt from certificate of need review any continuing care retirement community licensed under Article 64 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes that is a direct provider of home health services to one or more individuals who have entered into a contract with the continuing care retirement community to receive continuing care services with lodging. As used in this subsection, the terms "continuing care" and "lodging" are as defined in G.S. 58‑64‑1."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to continuing care retirement communities engaged in the direct provision of home health services on or after that date.