Bill Text: NC S327 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

North Carolina Senate Bill 327 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Modify MHDDSAS Reporting Requirements

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-14 - Ref To Com On Mental Health & Youth Services [S327 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-S327-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

S 1

SENATE BILL 327*

Short Title: Modify MHDDSAS Reporting Requirements.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Nesbitt; Allran, Atwater, D. Berger, Blue, Dannelly, Forrester, Garrou, Jenkins, Jones, Mansfield, Purcell, Robinson, and White.
Referred to:	Mental Health & Youth Services.

March 14, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to modify department of health and human services reportING REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE joint legislative oversight committee on mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a) The Department of Health and Human Services shall submit the following reports to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services:

(1) By September 1, 2011, a report summarizing for the one‑year period preceding the date of the report the deaths of clients of a State facility that primarily provides services for the care, treatment, habilitation, or rehabilitation of individuals with a mental illness, developmental disability, or substance abuse disorder (State facility) and, if known, the deaths of former clients of a State facility whose deaths occurred within 14 days of discharge from the State facility.

(2) Beginning January 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, a report on a strategic plan for organizing State and local resources to fund services provided to individuals with a mental illness, developmental disability, or substance abuse disorder. The report shall include criteria for the allocation of funds, guidelines for utilization of funds, restrictions on use of funds, and a list of expenditures.

SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 143C‑9‑2(d) reads as rewritten:

"(d) Beginning ~~July 1, 2007,~~ October 1, 2011, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall report annually to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services and the Fiscal Research Division on the balance of the Trust Fund and the expenditures made during the preceding fiscal year from the Trust Fund. The report shall identify each expenditure by recipient and purpose and shall indicate the authority under subsection (b) of this section for the expenditure."

SECTION 1.(c) G.S. 10.19A(c) of S.L. 2009‑451 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 10.19A.(c) The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, shall require quarterly reporting from LMEs in the format required under subsection (a) of this section. The Department of Health and Human Services shall report the results of the quarterly reports to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research Division on or before ~~May 1, 2010.~~May 1, 2011, and annually thereafter."

SECTION 1.(d) G.S. 122C‑102(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c) State Performance Measures. � The State Plan shall also include a mechanism for measuring the State's progress towards increased performance on the following matters: access to services, consumer‑focused outcomes, individualized planning and supports, promotion of best practices, quality management systems, system efficiency and effectiveness, ~~and prevention and early intervention. Beginning October 1, 2006,~~ equitable allocation of resources, prevention and early intervention, statewide system of crisis response for adults and children, and management of the utilization of State facilities. Beginning January 1, 2012, and every six months thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the General Assembly and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, on the State's progress in these performance areas."

SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.