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