GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-190
HOUSE BILL 1087
AN ACT TO APPLY CLIENT RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REQUIREMENTS FOR Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services FACILITIES, AND LOCAL MANAGEMENT ENTITIES, TO PROVIDER ENTITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 122C-64 reads as rewritten:
"§ 122C-64. Client rights and Human rights committees.
HumanClient rights and human rights committees
responsible for protecting the rights of clients shall be established at each
State facility and for each area authority and county program.facility,
for each local management entity, and provider agency. The Commission shall
adopt rules for the establishment, composition, and duties of the committees
and procedures for appointment and coordination with the State and Local
Consumer Advocacy programs. In multicounty area authorities and multicounty
programs, the membership of the human rights committee shall include a
representative from each of the participating counties.The membership of
the client rights and human rights committee for a multicounty program or local
management entity shall include a representative from each of the participating
counties."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of June, 2009.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 11:40 a.m. this 26th day of June, 2009