GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 422

SENATE BILL 868

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW COUNTIES TO DEVELOP A SINGLE PORTAL OF ENTRY, A CONSOLIDATED CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND A COMMON DATA BASE FOR HUMAN SERVICES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 153A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 153A-77.1.  Single portal of entry.-A county may develop for human services a single portal of entry, a consolidated case management system, and a common data base; provided that if the county is part of a district health department or a multi-county area mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse authority, such action must be approved by the district board of health or the area mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse board to affect any matter within the jurisdiction of that board.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate a patient's right to confidentiality as provided by law."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of June, 1987.