Bill Summaries: S490 (2015-2016 Session)

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  • Bill S 490 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Mar 26 2015 - View summary

    Requires the Legislative Research Commission (LRC) to study the feasibility and effectiveness of establishing a partnership between State-operated hospitals and private, underutilized rural hospitals for the purpose of increasing access to services for the diagnosis and treatment of individuals with mental illness. Requires LRC to report its findings to the 2016 Regular Session of the 2015 General Assembly upon its convening. Effective when the act becomes law.

    Amends GS 131E-176, as the title indicates, by providing that the term new institutional health services means any change in bed capacity, except for a change in capacity resulting from the transfer of beds from a state-operated hospital to a private, rural hospital for providing services for the diagnosis and treatment of individuals with mental illness. Effective October 1, 2015, and applies to changes in bed capacity occurring on or after that date. 
    Health and Human Services, Mental Health
    GS 131E

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