2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 122C-102. State Plan for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.

§ 122C‑102.  State Plan for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.

The Department shall develop and implement a State Plan for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services. The State Plan shall include the following:

(1)       Vision and mission of the State Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services system.

(2)       Organizational structure of the Department and the divisions of the Department responsible for managing and monitoring mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services.

(3)       Protection of client rights and consumer involvement in planning and management of system services.

(4)       Provision of services to targeted populations, including criteria for identifying targeted populations.

(5)       Compliance with federal mandates in establishing service priorities in mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse.

(6)       Description of the core services that are available to all individuals in order to improve consumer access to mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services at the local level.

(7)       Service standards for the mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services system.

(8)       Implementation of the uniform portal process.

(9)       Strategies and schedules for implementing the service plan, including consultation on Medicaid policy with area and county programs, qualified providers, and others as designated by the Secretary, intersystem collaboration, promotion of best practices, technical assistance, outcome‑based monitoring, and evaluation.

(10)     A plan for coordination of the State Plan for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services with the Medicaid State Plan, and NC Health Choice.

(11)     A business plan to demonstrate efficient and effective resource management of the mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services system, including strategies for accountability for non‑Medicaid and Medicaid services.

(12)     Strategies and schedules for implementing a phased in plan to eliminate disparities in the allocation of State funding across county programs and area authorities by January 1, 2007, including methods to identify service gaps and to ensure equitable use of State funds to fill those gaps among all counties. (2001‑437, s. 1.5.)