Bill Summary for S 490 (2015-2016)

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Mar 26 2015

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
Senate Bill 490 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 25, 2015
AN ACT DIRECTING THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO STUDY A PUBLIC-PRIVATE HOSPITAL PARTNERSHIP TO INCREASE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; AND ALLOWING STATE-OPERATED HOSPITALS TO TRANSFER BEDS TO PRIVATE, RURAL HOSPITALS WITHOUT CERTIFICATE OF NEED REVIEW IN ORDER TO INCREASE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
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Requires the Legislative Research Commission (LRC) to study the feasibility and effectiveness of establishing a partnership between State-operated hospitals and private, underutilized rural hospitals for the purpose of increasing access to services for the diagnosis and treatment of individuals with mental illness. Requires LRC to report its findings to the 2016 Regular Session of the 2015 General Assembly upon its convening. Effective when the act becomes law.

Amends GS 131E-176, as the title indicates, by providing that the term new institutional health services means any change in bed capacity, except for a change in capacity resulting from the transfer of beds from a state-operated hospital to a private, rural hospital for providing services for the diagnosis and treatment of individuals with mental illness. Effective October 1, 2015, and applies to changes in bed capacity occurring on or after that date.