UPDATE STRATEGIC STATE PLAN FOR ALZHEIMER'S.

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 820 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 18, 2023
AN ACT DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES, TO UPDATE THE STRATEGIC STATE PLAN FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS (THE DEMENTIA-CAPABLE NORTH CAROLINA STATE PLAN) AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS.
Intro. by Buansi, Liu, Crawford.

Status: Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Apr 19 2023)
H 820

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 21 2023 - View Summary

    Amends GS 143B-181.1, retitling the Division of Aging to the Division of Aging and Adult Services. Directs the Division of Aging and Adult Services to address related dementias alongside Alzheimer's disease. Gives the strategic State plan for addressing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias the title Dementia-Capable North Carolina State Plan. By January 1, 2025, and every four years thereafter, the Division must update and submit the plan to the General Assembly. Makes conforming changes to the items that must be addressed in the plan.

    Requires the Revisor of Statutes to replace "Division of Aging" with "Division of Aging and Adult Services" throughout the General Statutes.