As title indicates. Directs the training pilot to be located in a local management entity (LME) within each of the three regions of the state, and provides additional details for the pilot training program. Directs the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot training program and to determine whether the existing Geriatric/Adult Mental Health Specialty Teams have the resources to expand the training statewide, the possibility of incorporating new and existing training, and any associated costs. Instructs DHHS to report on these issues to the NC Study Commission on Aging and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, GDevelopmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services on or before September 1, 2012. Enacts GS 131D-4.9, directing adult care homes licensed under GS Chapter 131D to permit Geriatric/Adult Mental Health Specialty Teams to conduct staff training.
GAST TRAINING PILOT.
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TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, TO ESTABLISH A PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM USING GERIATRIC/ADULT MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALTY TEAMS TO CONDUCT TRAINING IN ADULT CARE HOMES ON PREVENTING THE ESCALATION OF BEHAVIORS LEADING TO CRISIS, BASED ON RECOMMENDATION 5.1 FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE TASK FORCE ON THE CO-LOCATION OF DIFFERENT POPULATIONS IN ADULT CARE HOMES, AND AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA STUDY COMMISSION ON AGING.Intro. by Farmer-Butterfield, Earle, Weiss, Hurley.
Status: Ref To Com On Health and Human Services (House Action) (Feb 16 2011)
Bill History:
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Tue, 15 Feb 2011 House: Filed
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Wed, 16 Feb 2011 House: Passed 1st Reading
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Wed, 16 Feb 2011 House: Ref To Com On Health and Human Services
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