GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 387

 
 
Short Title:	DD Group Homes Regulation-AB.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Cansler; and Preston.	
Referred to:	Public Health.	
March 1, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify the licensure and definition of group homes for developmentally disabled adults.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 131D‑2(a)(2) is repealed.
SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 131D‑2(a)(6) is repealed.
SECTION 1.(c) G.S. 131D‑20(6) is repealed.
SECTION 2.  A supervised living facility for developmentally disabled adults that was licensed as a group home for developmentally disabled adults under Article 1 of Chapter 131D of the General Statutes shall be licensed under G.S. 122C‑3(14)e. and  shall, within 12 months of the effective date of this act, comply with building code requirements for smoke detectors. A group home for developmentally disabled adults that was licensed under Article 1 of Chapter 131D of the General Statutes shall be deemed to have met the building code requirements for licensure as a supervised living facility for developmentally disabled adults under G.S. 122C‑3(14)e.
SECTION 3.  G.S. 108A‑41(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Assistance shall be granted under this Part to all persons in adult care homes for care found to be essential in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Social Services Commission and prescribed by G.S. 108A‑42(b). As used in this Part, the term 'adult care home' includes a supervised living facility for developmentally disabled adults licensed under Article 2 of Chapter 122C of the General Statutes."
SECTION 4.  G.S. 58‑55‑35(a)(6) reads as rewritten:
"(6)	'Supervised living facility for developmentally disabled adults' means a residential facility, as defined in G.S. 122C-3(14), which has two to nine developmentally disabled adult residents."
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.