DIX PROPERTY--MENTAL HEALTH TRUST FUND.

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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
Senate Bill 669 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 19, 2011
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM ANY DISPOSITION OF THE DOROTHEA DIX HOSPITAL PROPERTY.
Intro. by Atwater.

Status: Ref To Com On Finance (House Action) (May 12 2011)
S 669

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: May 4 2011 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Amends GS 143-9-2(c) to provide that recurring savings realized from the closure of any state psychiatric hospitals are to be credited to the Department of Health and Human Services to be used only for the purposes (to facilitate reform of the mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services system) of subsection (b)(3), (was, for purposes in subsections (b)(2) and (b)(3)). Makes a technical correction.


  • Summary date: Apr 19 2011 - View Summary

    Amends GS 143C-9-2(c) to provide that any funds transferred into the Trust Fund for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services and Bridge Funding from the disposition of the Dorothea Dix Hospital property in Raleigh must be used to support programs that provide appropriate and cost-effective treatment in the community for persons residing in the state’s institutions and to facilitate reform of the mental health system and to expand and enhance community treatment options. Amends GS 146-30 to provide that no service charge may be levied by the State Land Fund on the proceeds from any disposition.