GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 405
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 148-19(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d) The Commission for
Mental Health, Mental Retardation Developmental Disabilities, and
Substance Abuse Services shall prescribe adopt standards for the
delivery of mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse health
and mental retardation services to inmates in the custody of the Department
of Correction. The Commission for Mental Health, Mental Retardation Developmental
Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services shall give the Secretary of
Correction an opportunity to review and comment on proposed standards prior to
promulgation of such standards; however, final authority to determine such
standards remains with the Commission. The Secretary of the Department of Human
Resources shall designate an agency or agencies within the Department of Human
Resources to monitor the implementation of such standards by the Department
of Correction. by the Department of Correction of these standards and of
substance abuse standards adopted by the Department of Correction upon the
advice of the Substance Abuse Advisory Council established pursuant to G.S.
143B-270. The Secretary of Human Resources shall send a written
report on the progress which the Department of Correction has made on the
implementation of such standards to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and
the Speaker of the House. Such reports shall be made on an annual basis
beginning January 1, 1978."
Sec. 2. G.S. 143B-270 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-270. Substance Abuse Advisory Council.
(a) There is created a Substance Abuse Advisory Council to consult with the Secretary of the Department of Correction in the administration of the Substance Abuse Program.
(b) The Council shall be composed of nine members. Three members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, three members by the Lieutenant Governor, and three members by the Governor. Of each set of three members, the appointing authority shall appoint one person who is a member of the recovering community, one other person who is a professional in the field of substance abuse services, and one other person who is a member of the public at large. Vacancies shall be filled by the office making the initial appointment and for the remainder of the unexpired term only. The Council shall elect its chairman annually.
(c) Members appointed
shall hold office for a term of four years beginning on October 1, 1987, except
that three of the initial appointees and these three appointees' immediate
successors shall serve a term of two years. years, with the
immediate successors' terms expiring on September 30, 1991. The
Speaker, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor shall each select one of their
initial appointees to serve a two-year term.
(d) The Council shall meet at least once each quarter and at the call of the Secretary.
(e) Council members who are members of the General Assembly shall receive travel and subsistence allowances as provided in G.S. 120-3.1. Council members who are not members of the General Assembly shall receive travel and subsistence as provided in G.S. 138-5."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of June, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives