GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 161*
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/15/01 

Short Title:	Long-Term Care Local Lead Agency.	()	
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February 19, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO STUDY THE DESIGNATION OF A LEAD AGENCY FOR LONG-TERM CARE PLANNING.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging, shall study whether counties should designate local lead agencies to organize a local long‑term care planning process, as described in Recommendation #10 of the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Long‑Term Care Task Force Interim Report of June 30, 2000.  In conducting the study, the Department shall consider how a lead agency for long‑term care planning at the local level would relate to other requirements for county planning and long‑term care.  The Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging on or before October 1, 2001.  The report shall specifically address the IOM Task Force recommendation and rationale pertaining to local planning and long‑term care services.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.