NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 3

HOUSE BILL 21

 

AN ACT TO TRANSFER THE OPERATION OF DR. J. ARTHUR DOSHER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TO THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.

 

Whereas, a county-wide Ad Hoc Committee was appointed in 1970 by the Brunswick County Commissioners to study the advisability of constructing a centrally located hospital and the Committee reported that a 60-bed centrally located hospital was advisable; and

Whereas, the voters of Brunswick County approved by a margin of two and one half to one the construction of a centrally located hospital in July, 1973; and

Whereas, the Committee and the Medical Care Commission have recommended only one acute care hospital in Brunswick County; and

Whereas, a bond referendum was approved by the voters of Brunswick County, land was purchased, and the plans for a new hospital prepared; and

Whereas, the Division of Facility Services will authorize a grant of one million dollars ($1,000,000) of federal funds for construction of the new hospital, but only if there is only one acute care facility in Brunswick County; and

Whereas, the Office of Comprehensive Health Planning has determined that there is need for only 60 beds for acute care in Brunswick County and, therefore, the office has withheld its approval which is necessary for the new hospital to receive Medicare, Medicaid and other third party reimbursement for the capital construction cost increment of hospital charges to patients; and

Whereas, the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners has determined that Dosher Hospital is antiquated and in disrepair; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Chapter 263, Public-Local Laws of the 1935 Session, as amended by Chapter 108, Public-Local Laws of the 1939 Session, is hereby further amended by:

(1)       deleting from Section 3 the words ", and its operation by said City of Southport and the said County of Brunswick" and the words ", and to be continued under the name of 'Dr. J. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital', and the appointment of Trustees for the same as hereinafter set out";

(2)       deleting Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the act; and

(3)       adding the following section thereto:

"12A.  That the Brunswick County Hospital Authority, created under the provisions of Chapter 131, Article 12 of the General Statutes, shall henceforth operate the facility in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 131, Article 12 of the General Statutes. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to be a sale, conveyance or other irrevocable transfer of property as used in G.S. 131-115. The terms of office of trustees previously appointed pursuant to this act are hereby terminated."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of February, 1975.