GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 143*

Short Title:  Adult Care Homes Annual Reporting Req. 	(Public)

─────────────────────────────────────── 
Sponsors: Representatives G. Wilson; Adams, Alexander, Boyd-McIntyre, Brown, Earle, Easterling, Mosley, Rayfield, and Watson.

─────────────────────────────────────── 
Referred to:  Human Resources.

─────────────────────────────────────── 

February 13, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE DATE ANNUAL AUDITED REPORTS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED BY ADULT CARE HOMES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 131D-4.2(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	The first audited cost report shall be for the period from January 1, 1995, through September 30, 1995, and shall be due March 1, 1996. Thereafter, the annual reporting period shall be October 1 through September 30, with the annual report due by the following December 31."
Section 2.  G.S. 131D-4.2(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	The Department shall suspend admissions to facilities that fail to submit annual reports by December 31.  Suspension of admissions shall remain in effect until reports are submitted or licenses are suspended or revoked under subdivision (2) of this subsection. The Department may take either or both of the following actions to enforce compliance by a facility with this section, or to punish noncompliance:
(1)	Seek a court order to enforce compliance;
(2)	Suspend or revoke the facility's license, subject to the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes."
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.