GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 934

 
 
Short Title:	C.O.N.-Adult Care Homes Regulated.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Nye and Earle.	
Referred to:	Health.	
March 29, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT CARE HOMES UNDER THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED LAW.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 131E‑175 reads as rewritten:
"§ 131E‑175.  Findings of fact.
The General Assembly of North Carolina makes the following findings:
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(8)	That because State and county expenditures are made to provide support for nearly three-quarters of the residents in homes for the aged and disabled facilities, it is in the public interest to promote efficiencies in delivering care in those facilities by controlling and directing their growth in an effort to prevent underutilization and higher costs and provide appropriate geographical distribution."
SECTION 2.   G.S. 131E‑176 reads as rewritten:
"§ 131E‑176.  Definitions.
As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms have the meanings specified:
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(9b)	"Health service facility" means a hospital; psychiatric facility; rehabilitation facility; nursing care facility; adult care home; kidney disease treatment center, including freestanding hemodialysis units; intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded; home health agency office; chemical dependency treatment facility; diagnostic center; oncology treatment center; hospice, hospice inpatient facility, hospice residential care facility; and ambulatory surgical facility.
(9c)	"Health service facility bed" means a bed licensed for use in a health service facility in the categories of (i) acute care beds; (ii) psychiatric beds; (iii) rehabilitation beds; (iv) nursing care beds; (v) intermediate care beds for the mentally retarded; (vi) chemical dependency treatment beds; (vii) hospice inpatient facility beds; (viii) hospice residential care facility beds; and (ix) home for the aged and disabled beds.
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(12a)	"Adult care home" means a facility with seven or more beds licensed under G.S. 131D-2 which provides residential care for aged or disabled persons whose principal need is a home which provides the supervision and personal care appropriate to their age and disability and for whom medical care is only occasional or incidental.
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(17b)	"Nursing care facility" means a health service facility whose bed complement of health service facility beds is composed principally of nursing care facility beds."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.