A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require local management entities participating in the supports intensity scale assessment pilot project to use the assessment for evaluation and determination of services for clients with developmental disabilities, as recommended by the joint legislative oversight committee on mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, shall require the seven LMEs participating in the current Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) assessment tool pilot project to administer a SIS assessment to all clients with developmental disabilities. The participating LMEs shall use the results of the SIS assessment to assign clients with developmental disabilities to one of the Tiers within the CAP‑MR/DD Waiver and to other needed services, according to their relative intensity of need.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.