2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973.
§ 143B-139.7. Consolidated county human services funding.

Part 1A.  Consolidated County Human Services.

§ 143B‑139.7.  Consolidated county human services funding.

(a)        The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt rules and policies to provide that:

(1)        Any dedicated funding streams for local public health services, for social services, and for mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services may flow to a consolidated county human services agency and the consolidated human services board in the same manner as that for funding nonconsolidated county human services, unless a different manner of allocation is otherwise required by law.

(2)        The fiscal accountability and reporting requirements pertaining to local health boards, social services boards, and area mental health authority boards apply to a consolidated human services board.

(b)        The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services may adopt any other rule or policy required to facilitate the provision of human services by a consolidated county human services agency or a consolidated human services board.

(c)        For the purposes of this section, "consolidated county human services agency" means a county human services agency created pursuant to G.S. 153A‑77(b). "Consolidated human services board" means a county human services board established pursuant to G.S. 153A‑77(b). (1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 690, s. 1; 1997‑443, s. 11A.118(a).)