A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT requiring the department of health and human services to POSTPONE dePLOYMENT of the North Carolina Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST) system as related to case‑management functionality for the child welfare system and aging and adult services' programs.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, shall postpone deployment of the North Carolina Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST) system as it relates to case‑management functionality for the child welfare system and aging and adult services' programs. The Division shall not deploy the child welfare case‑management component of the NC FAST system statewide prior to October 1, 2019, but shall instead continue to develop and improve case‑management functionality for the child welfare component of NC FAST only in those counties that participated in the initial pilot program prior to January 1, 2019.
SECTION 2.  All counties other than the counties that participated in the pilot program prior to January 1, 2019, may elect to utilize the Intake and Assessment functionality of the NC FAST system.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.