NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1184

SENATE BILL 931

 

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE HOME HEALTH SERVICES IN EVERY COUNTY, SO AS TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION'S COMMITTEE ON AGING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. General Statutes Chapter 130 is amended by adding a new section to read as follows:

"§ 130-170.2  Home health services to be provided in all counties. – (a)  Every county shall provide home health services as defined in G.S. 130-170.1(a).

(b)       For the purpose of this section, home health services shall be as defined in G.S. 130-170.1(a), except that such services may be provided by any organization listed in subsection (c) of this section.

(c)       Home health services may be provided by a county health department, by a district health department, by a home health agency licensed under G.S. 130-170.1, or by a public agency. The county may provide home health services by contract with another health department, or with a home health agency or public agency in another county."

Sec. 2. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the counties of Bladen, Hyde, Jones, and Pamlico until January 1, 1980.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective January 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1978.