A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to remove the sunset for THE pilot program to study the use of electronic supervision devices in certain facilities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the pilot program established by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Service Regulation, to study the use of electronic supervision devices as an alternative means of supervision during sleep hours at facilities for children and adolescents who have a primary diagnosis of mental illness and/or emotional disturbance shall remain in effect and shall extend to all facilities owned or operated with the facility currently authorized to waive the requirement set forth in 10A NCAC 27G .1704(c) or any related or subsequent rule or regulation by the Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services setting minimum overnight staffing requirements. The waiver for these facilities shall remain in effect; however, the Division reserves the right to rescind the waiver if, at the time of the facility's license renewal, there are outstanding deficiencies that have remained uncorrected upon follow‑up survey that are related to electronic supervision.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.