GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-176
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 131E-128(b)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(b)
(1) A community advisory committee shall be
established in each county which has a nursing home, including a nursing home
operated by a hospital licensed under Article 5 of G.S. Chapter 131E, shall
serve all the homes in the county, and shall work with each home in the best
interest of the persons residing in each home. In a county which has one, two,
or three nursing homes, the committee shall have five members. In a county with
four or more nursing homes, the committee shall have one additional member for
each nursing home in excess of three. three, and may have up to five
additional members per committee at the discretion of the county commissioners."
Section 2. G.S. 131D-31(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) Establishment and Appointment of Committees. -
(1) A community advisory
committee shall be established in each county that has at least one licensed adult
care home home, shall serve all the homes in the county, and
shall work with each of these homes for the best interests of the residents. In
a county that has one, two, or three adult care homes with 10 or more beds, the
committee shall have five members.
(2) In a county with four
or more adult care homes with 10 or more beds, the committee shall have one
additional member for each adult care home with 10 or more beds in excess of
three, up to and may have up to five additional members at the discretion
of the county commissioners, not to exceed a maximum of 20 25 members.
In each county with four or more adult care homes with 10 or more beds, the
committee shall establish a subcommittee of no more than five members and no
fewer than three members from the committee for each adult care home in the
county. Each member must serve on at least one subcommittee.
(3) In counties with no adult care homes with 10 or more beds, the committee shall have five members. Regardless of how many members a particular community advisory committee is required to have, at least one member of each committee shall be a person involved in the area of mental retardation.
(4) The boards of county commissioners are encouraged to appoint the Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committees. Of the members, a minority (not less than one-third, but as close to one-third as possible) shall be chosen from among persons nominated by a majority of the chief administrators of adult care homes in the county. If the adult care home administrators fail to make a nomination within 45 days after written notification has been sent to them requesting a nomination, these appointments may be made without nominations. If the county commissioners fail to appoint members to a committee by July 1, 1983, the appointments shall be made by the Assistant Secretary for Aging, Department of Human Resources, no sooner than 45 days after nominations have been requested from the adult care home administrators, but no later than October 1, 1983. In making appointments, the Assistant Secretary for Aging shall follow the same appointment process as that specified for the County Commissioners."
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 3:34 p.m. this 12th day of June, 1997