House committee substitute replaces the 1st edition in its entirety with the following.

Amends GS 122C-268(c), concerning inpatient commitment district court hearings, so that the clerk has to give notice of the place and time of the hearing to the chief district judge and district attorney in the county where the defendant was found incapable of proceeding if the custody order indicates that the respondent was charged with a violent crime. Specifies that if the DA elects to represent the State's interest, upon motion of the DA, the venue for the hearing and any rehearings or supplemental hearings will be in the county where the respondent was found incapable of proceeding. Makes language gender neutral. Requires the facility where a respondent was initially committed because of conduct resulting in the respondent being charged with a violent crime to notify the DA of the district where the respondent was found incapable of proceeding (in addition to the clerk of the specified superior court) of his or her determination regarding the proposed conditional release or discharge under GS 122C-277(b). Specifies that if the DA elects to represent the State's interest, upon motion of the DA, the venue for the hearing and any rehearings or supplemental hearings will be in the county where the respondent was found incapable of proceeding. Applies to commitment hearings initiated on or after the act becomes law. Amends the act's titles.