H1030 - 2016 Appropriations Act. (SL 2016-94)

Overview: Sec. 12F.10 of S.L. 2016-94 directs the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and submit, no later than January 1, 2018, a strategic statewide plan to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of State-funded behavioral health services to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services (HHS Oversight Committee), the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice, and the Fiscal Research Division.

The HHS Oversight Committee and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice are each required to establish a joint subcommittee on Behavioral Health Services to make recommendations about areas of oversight and review, as described in the act, and report their findings to their respective committees.

This section became effective July 14, 2016.