A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEAlTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO STUDY WAYS TO ESTABLISH A GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE PURCHASING ARRANGEMENT FOR LONG‑TERM CARE STAFF.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Insurance, shall study ways to establish a group health insurance purchasing arrangement for staff, including paraprofessionals, in residential and nonresidential long‑term care facilities and agencies, as described in Recommendation #22 of the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Long‑Term Care Task Force Final Report of January 2001.  The Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging on or before January 1, 2003.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.