GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

 

 

SESSION LAW 2011-202

HOUSE BILL 509

 

 

AN ACT to exclude from licensure as a facility consumers living in their own home and receiving services.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 122C-22(a) is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"§ 122C-22.  Exclusions from licensure; deemed status.

(a)        The following are excluded from the provisions of this Article and are not required to obtain licensure under this Article:

(12)      A home in which up to three adults, two or more having a disability, co-own or co-rent a home in which the persons with disabilities are receiving three or more hours of day services in the home or up to 24 hours of residential services in the home. The individuals who have disabilities cannot be required to move if the individuals change services, change service providers, or discontinue services."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of June, 2011.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 11:48 a.m. this 23rd day of June, 2011