S99 - Appropriations Act of 2018. (SL 2018-5)

Overview: Sec. 11C.1 of S.L. 2018-5 amends Sec. 11C.7 of S.L. 2017-57 to update reporting requirements and directs the Division of Social Services (DSS), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to: (i) notify the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division within 30 days of the complete implementation of the federal Program Improvement Plan (Plan) to bring North Carolina into compliance with national standards for child welfare policy and practices and (ii) require DSS to submit a final report no later than 90 days after implementation of the Plan is complete.

This section also amends prior reporting requirements to require DSS to notify the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division within 30 days of the completion of the child welfare component of the North Carolina Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST) system and to submit a final report no later than 90 days after complete implementation.

This section became effective July 1, 2018.