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2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.4 - Department of Health and Human Services; authority to assist private nonprofit organizations.

§ 143B-139.4. Department of Health and Human Services; authority to assist private nonprofit organizations.
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services may allow employees of the Department or provide other appropriate services to assist any private nonprofit organization which works directly with services or programs of the Department and whose sole purpose is to support the services and programs of the Department. Except as provided in G.S. 143B-164.18, a Department employee shall be allowed to work with an organization no more than 20 hours in any one month. These services are not subject to the provisions of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.
(b) A private, nonprofit organization that receives employee assistance or other appropriate services in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, shall document all contributions received, including employee time, supplies, materials, equipment, and physical space. The documentation shall also provide an estimated value of all contributions received as well as any compensation paid to or bonuses received by State employees. This documentation shall be submitted annually to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in a format approved by the Secretary. Nonprofit organizations with less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in annual income shall submit an affidavit or annual audit from the chief officer of the organization providing and attesting to the financial condition of the organization and the expenditure of funds or use of State employee services or other State services, within six months from the nonprofit's fiscal year end. The board of directors of each private, nonprofit organization with an annual income of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or more shall secure and pay for the services of the State Auditor's Office or employ a certified public accountant to conduct an annual audit of the financial accounts of the organization. The board of directors shall transmit to the Secretary of the Department a copy of the annual financial audit report of the private nonprofit organization. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to relieve the private, nonprofit organization from other applicable reporting requirements established by law.
(c) Notwithstanding the limitations of subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services may assign employees of the Office of Rural Health and Resource Development to serve as in-kind match to nonprofit organizations working to establish health care programs that will improve health care access while controlling costs. (1987, c. 634, s. 1; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 1999-237, s. 11.3; 2001-412, s. 3; 2006-66, s. 10.19.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.4A - Office of Rural Health to work with organizations for expansion of mental health and substance abuse services.

§ 143B-139.4A. Office of Rural Health to work with organizations for expansion of mental health and substance abuse services.
The North Carolina Office of Rural Health of the Department of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with the North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs through the Center of Excellence in Integrated Care, the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services, the Governor's Institute on Substance Abuse, North Carolina Community Care Networks, Inc., the North Carolina Community Health Center Association, and other professional associations, shall work to expand the collocation in primary care practices serving the adult population of licensed health professionals trained in providing mental health and substance abuse services. (2011-185, s. 5; 2015-241, s. 12A.16(b); 2023-65, s. 5.2(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.4C - Office of Rural Health; administration of loan repayment programs.

§ 143B-139.4C. Office of Rural Health; administration of loan repayment programs.
(a) The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Rural Health, shall use funds appropriated to the Department for loan repayment to medical, dental, and psychiatric providers practicing in State hospitals or in rural or medically underserved communities in this State to combine the following loan repayment programs in order to achieve efficient and effective management of these programs:
(1) The Physician Loan Repayment Program.
(2) The Psychiatric Loan Repayment Program.
(3) The Loan Repayment Initiative at State Facilities.
(b) These funds may be used for the following additional purposes:
(1) Continued funding of the State Loan Repayment Program for primary care providers and expansion of State incentives to general surgeons practicing in Critical Access Hospitals located across the State.
(2) Expansion of the State Loan Repayment Program to include eligible providers residing in North Carolina who use telemedicine in rural and underserved areas. (2017-57, s. 11A.9; 2018-88, s. 3(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.5 - Department of Health and Human Services; adult care State/county share of costs for State-County Special Assistance programs.

§ 143B-139.5. Department of Health and Human Services; adult care State/county share of costs for State-County Special Assistance programs.
State funds available to the Department of Health and Human Services shall pay fifty percent (50%), and the counties shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the authorized rates for care in adult care homes including area mental health agency-operated or contracted-group homes, special care units, and in-home living arrangements. The Department shall use the State's appropriation to the State-County Special Assistance program for this program and for rental assistance. Each county shall use county funds budgeted for the State-County Special Assistance program for this program and for rental assistance. (1991, c. 689, s. 128; 1995, c. 535, s. 31; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2012-142, s. 10.23(f); 2014-100, s. 12D.2; 2021-180, s. 9A.3A(c); 2022-74, s. 9A.1(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.5A - Collaboration between Division of Social Services and Commission of Indian Affairs on Indian Child Welfare Issues.

§ 143B-139.5A. Collaboration between Division of Social Services and Commission of Indian Affairs on Indian Child Welfare Issues.
The Division of Social Services, Department of Health and Human Services, shall work in collaboration with the Commission of Indian Affairs, Department of Administration, and the North Carolina Directors of Social Services Association to develop, in a manner consistent with federal law, an effective process through which the following can be accomplished:
(1) Establishment of a relationship between the Division of Social Services and the Indian tribes set forth in G.S. 143B-407(a), either separately or through a central entity, that will enable these tribes, in general, and tribal councils or other tribal organizations, in particular, to receive reasonable notice of identified Indian children who are being placed in foster care or adoption or who otherwise enter the child protective services system, and to be consulted on policies and other matters pertinent to placement of Indian children in foster care or adoption.
(2) Agreement on a process by which North Carolina Indians might be identified and recruited for purposes of becoming foster care and adoptive parents.
(3) Agreement on a process by which the cultural, social, and historical perspective and significance associated with Indian life may be taught to appropriate child welfare workers and to foster and adoptive parents.
(4) Identification or formation of Indian child welfare advocacy, placement and training entities with which the Department of Health and Human Services might contract or otherwise form partnerships for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this act.
(5) Development of a valid and reliable process through which Indian children within the child welfare system can be identified.
(6) Identify the appropriate roles of the State and of Indian tribes, organizations and agencies to ensure successful means for securing the best interests of Indian children. (2001-309, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.5B - Department of Health and Human Services - provision for joint training.

§ 143B-139.5B. Department of Health and Human Services – provision for joint training.
The Department of Health and Human Services shall offer joint training of Division of Health Service Regulation consultants, county DSS adult home specialists, and adult care home providers. The training shall be offered no fewer than two times per year, and subject matter of the training should be based on one or more of the 10 deficiencies cited most frequently in the State during the immediately preceding calendar year. The joint training shall be designed to reduce inconsistencies experienced by providers in the survey process, to increase objectivity by DHSR consultants and DSS specialists in conducting surveys, and to promote a higher degree of understanding between facility staff and DHSR consultants and DSS specialists in what is expected during the survey process. (2001-385, s. 1(c); 2007-182, s. 1; 2008-187, s. 25.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.5C - Internet data warehouse for provider records; annual review of accrediting body policies to avoid duplication.

§ 143B-139.5C. Internet data warehouse for provider records; annual review of accrediting body policies to avoid duplication.
(a) The Secretary shall allow private sector development and implementation of an Internet-based, secure, and consolidated data warehouse and archive for maintaining corporate, fiscal, and administrative records of providers by September 1, 2011. This data warehouse shall not be used to store consumer records. Use of the consolidated data warehouse by the service provider agency is optional. Providers that choose to utilize the data warehouse shall ensure that the data is up to date and accessible to the regulatory body. A provider shall submit any revised, updated information to the data warehouse within 10 business days after receiving the request. The regulatory body that conducts administrative monitoring must use the data warehouse for document requests. If the information provided to the regulatory body is not current or is unavailable from the data warehouse and archive, the regulatory body may contact the provider directly. A provider that fails to comply with the regulatory body's requested documents may be subject to an on-site visit to ensure compliance. Access to the data warehouse must be provided without charge to the regulatory body under this subsection.
(b) The Secretary shall review on an annual basis updates to policy made by the following national accrediting bodies: Council on Accreditation (COA), CARF International, Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL), the Joint Commission, NCQA, and URAC and shall take actions necessary to ensure that DHHS policy or procedural requirements do not duplicate the updated accreditation standards. (2011-253, ss. 1(c), 2.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.6 - Confidentiality of records.

§ 143B-139.6. Confidentiality of records.
All privileged patient medical records in the possession of the Department of Health and Human Services shall be confidential and shall not be public records pursuant to G.S. 132-1. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 890, s. 20; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.6A - Secretary's responsibilities regarding availability of early intervention services.

§ 143B-139.6A. Secretary's responsibilities regarding availability of early intervention services.
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall ensure, in cooperation with other appropriate agencies, that all types of early intervention services specified in the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" (IDEA), P.L. 102-119, the federal early intervention legislation, are available to all eligible infants and toddlers and their families to the extent funded by the General Assembly.
The Secretary shall coordinate and facilitate the development and administration of the early intervention system for eligible infants and toddlers and shall assign among the cooperating agencies the responsibility, including financial responsibility, for services. The Secretary shall be advised by the Interagency Coordinating Council for Children from Birth to Five with Disabilities and Their Families, established by G.S. 143B-179.5, and may enter into formal interagency agreements to establish the collaborative relationships with the Department of Public Instruction, other appropriate agencies, and other public and private service providers necessary to administer the system and deliver the services.
As part of the permission to refer parents to services under the early intervention system for eligible infants and toddlers, the Secretary shall include the Governor Morehead School for the Blind, the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf, and the North Carolina School for the Deaf as agencies included on any permission to refer release form provided to parents for contact regarding services.
The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement the early intervention system, in consultation with all other appropriate agencies. (2001-437, s. 1.20(b); 2016-123, s. 5.8.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.6B - Department of Health and Human Services; authority to deduct payroll for child care services.

§ 143B-139.6B. Department of Health and Human Services; authority to deduct payroll for child care services.
Notwithstanding G.S. 143-3.3 and pursuant to rules adopted by the State Controller, an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services may, in writing, authorize the Department to periodically deduct from the employee's salary or wages paid for employment by the State, a designated lump sum to be paid to satisfy the cost of services received for child care provided by the Department. (2005-276, s. 10.8.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.6C - Cooling-off period for certain Department employees.

§ 143B-139.6C. Cooling-off period for certain Department employees.
(a) Ineligible Vendors. – The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall not contract for goods or services with a vendor that employs or contracts with a person who is a former employee of the Department and uses that person in the administration of a contract with the Department.
(b) Vendor Certification. – The Secretary shall require each vendor submitting a bid or contract to certify that the vendor will not use a former employee of the Department in the administration of a contract with the Department in violation of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) A violation of the provisions of this section shall void the contract.
(d) Definitions. – As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) Administration of a contract. – The former employee's duties and responsibilities for the vendor include oversight of the performance of a contract, or authority to make decisions regarding a contract, including interpretation of a contract, development of specifications or terms of a contract, or award of a contract.
(2) Former employee of the Department. – A person who, for any period within the preceding six months, was employed as an employee or contract employee of the Department of Health and Human Services and personally participated in any of the following:
a. The award of a contract to the vendor.
b. An audit, decision, investigation, or other action affecting the vendor.
c. Regulatory or licensing decisions that applied to the vendor. (2015-245, s. 14(a); 2016-121, s. 2(i).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-139.7 - Consolidated county human services funding.

§ 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).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › §§ 143B-142 through 143B-146: Recodified as §§ 130A-29 through 130A-33 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 175.

§§ 143B-142 through 143B-146: Recodified as §§ 130A-29 through 130A-33 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 175.
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.1 - Mission of schools; definitions.

§ 143B-146.1. Mission of schools; definitions.
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the mission of the residential school community is to challenge with high expectations each child to learn, to achieve, and to fulfill his or her potential.
(b) The following definitions apply in this Part:
(1) Reserved.
(2) Department. – The Department of Health and Human Services.
(3) Instructional personnel. – Assistant principals, teachers, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants employed in a residential school.
(4) Participating school. – A residential school that is required to participate in the Program.
(4a) Program. – The School-Based Management and Accountability Program developed by the State Board.
(4b) Residential school. – A school operated by the Department of Health and Human Services that provides residential services to students. For the purposes of this Part, "residential school" does not include a school operated pursuant to Article 9C of Chapter 115C.
(5) Residential school personnel. – The individuals included in G.S. 143B-146.16(a)(2).
(6) Schools. – The residential schools under the control of the Secretary.
(7) Secretary. – The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(8) State Board. – The State Board of Education.
(9) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-247, s. 5, effective July 3, 2013. (1998-131, s. 5; 2005-195, s. 1; 2013-247, s. 4; 2015-65, s. 1.3.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.2 - School-Based Management and Accountability Program in residential schools.

§ 143B-146.2. School-Based Management and Accountability Program in residential schools.
(a) The Secretary, in consultation with the General Assembly and the State Board, may designate residential schools that must participate in the Program. The primary goal of the Program is to improve student performance. The Program is based upon an accountability, recognition, assistance, and intervention process in order to hold each participating school, its principal, and the instructional personnel accountable for improved student performance in that school.
(b) In order to support the participating schools in the implementation of this Program, the State Board, in consultation with the Secretary, shall adopt guidelines, including guidelines to:
(1) Assist the Secretary and the participating schools in the development and implementation of the Program.
(2) Recognize the participating schools that meet or exceed their goals.
(3) Identify participating schools that are low-performing and assign assistance teams to those schools. The assistance teams should include individuals with expertise in residential schools, individuals with experience in the education of children with disabilities, and others the State Board, in consultation with the Secretary, considers appropriate.
(4) Enable assistance teams to make appropriate recommendations.
(c) The Program shall provide increased decision making and parental involvement at the school level with the goal of improving student performance.
(d) Consistent with improving student performance, the Secretary shall provide maximum flexibility to participating schools in the use of funds to enable those schools to accomplish their goals. (1998-131, s. 5; 2001-424, s. 21.81(c); 2005-195, s. 2; 2013-247, s. 5; 2015-65, s. 1.4.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.3 - Annual performance goals.

§ 143B-146.3. Annual performance goals.
The Program shall (i) focus on student performance in the basics of reading, mathematics, and communications skills in elementary and middle schools, (ii) focus on student performance in courses required for graduation and on other measures required by the State Board in the high schools, and (iii) hold participating schools accountable for the educational growth of their students. To those ends, the State Board shall design and implement an accountability system that sets annual performance standards for each participating school in order to measure the growth in performance of the students in each individual school. (1998-131, s. 5; 2015-65, s. 1.5.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.5 - Identification of low-performing schools.

§ 143B-146.5. Identification of low-performing schools.
(a) The State Board shall design and implement a procedure to identify low-performing schools on an annual basis. Low-performing schools are those participating schools in which there is a failure to meet the minimum growth standards, as defined by the State Board, and a majority of students are performing below grade level.
(b) By July 10 of each year, the Secretary shall do a preliminary analysis of test results to determine which participating schools the State Board may identify as low-performing under this section. The Secretary then shall proceed under G.S. 143B-146.7. In addition, within 30 days of the initial identification of a school as low-performing by the Secretary or the State Board, whichever occurs first, the Secretary shall develop a preliminary plan for addressing the needs of that school. Before the Secretary adopts this plan, the Secretary shall make the plan available to the residential school personnel and the parents and guardians of the students of the school, and shall allow for written comments. Within five days of adopting the plan, the Secretary shall submit the plan to the State Board. The State Board shall review the plan expeditiously and, if appropriate, may offer recommendations to modify the plan. The Secretary shall consider any recommendations made by the State Board.
(c) Each identified low-performing school shall provide written notification to the parents of students attending that school. The written notification shall include a statement that the State Board of Education has found that the school has "failed to meet the minimum growth standards, as defined by the State Board, and a majority of students in the school are performing below grade level." This notification also shall include a description of the steps the school is taking to improve student performance. (1998-131, s. 5.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.6 - Assistance teams; review by State Board.

§ 143B-146.6. Assistance teams; review by State Board.
(a) The State Board may assign an assistance team to any school identified as low-performing under this Part or to any other school that the State Board determines would benefit from an assistance team. The State Board shall give priority to low-performing schools in which the educational performance of the students is declining. The Department shall, with the approval of the Secretary, provide staff as needed and requested by an assistance team.
(b) When assigned to an identified low-performing school, an assistance team shall:
(1) Review and investigate all facets of school operations, including instructional and residential, and assist in developing recommendations for improving student performance at that school.
(2) Evaluate at least semiannually the principal and instructional personnel assigned to the school and make findings and recommendations concerning their performance.
(3) Collaborate with school staff, the Department, and the Secretary in the design, implementation, and monitoring of a plan that, if fully implemented, can reasonably be expected to alleviate problems and improve student performance at that school.
(4) Make recommendations as the school develops and implements this plan.
(5) Review the school's progress.
(6) Report, as appropriate, to the Secretary, the State Board, and the parents on the school's progress. If an assistance team determines that an accepted school improvement plan developed under G.S. 143B-146.12 is impeding student performance at a school, the team may recommend to the Secretary that he vacate the relevant portions of that plan and direct the school to revise those portions.
(c) If a participating school fails to improve student performance after assistance is provided under this section, the assistance team may recommend that the assistance continue or that the Secretary take further action under G.S. 143B-146.7.
(d) The Secretary, in consultation with the State Board, shall annually review the progress made in identified low-performing schools. (1998-131, s. 5; 2005-195, s. 4; 2011-145, s. 7.13(u); 2011-391, s. 14(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.9 - Assessment teams.

§ 143B-146.9. Assessment teams.
The State Board shall develop guidelines for the Secretary to use to create assessment teams. The Secretary shall assign an assessment team to every low-performing school that has not received an assistance team. The Secretary shall ensure that assessment team members are trained in the proper administration of the employee evaluation used in the participating schools. If service on an assessment team is an additional duty for an employee of a local school administrative unit or an employee of a residential school, the Secretary may pay the employee for that additional work.
Assessment teams shall:
(1) Conduct evaluations of certificated personnel in low-performing schools;
(2) Provide technical assistance and training to principals who conduct evaluations of certificated personnel;
(3) Develop action plans for certificated personnel; and
(4) Assist principals in the development and implementation of action plans. (1998-131, s. 5; 2005-195, s. 7.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.10 - Development of performance standards and criteria for certificated personnel.

§ 143B-146.10. Development of performance standards and criteria for certificated personnel.
The State Board, in consultation with the Secretary, shall revise and develop uniform performance standards and criteria to be used in evaluating certificated personnel, including school administrators. These standards and criteria shall include improving student achievement, employee skills, and employee knowledge. The standards and criteria for school administrators also shall include building-level gains in student learning and effectiveness in providing for school safety and enforcing student discipline. The Secretary shall develop guidelines for evaluating principals. The guidelines shall include criteria for evaluating a principal's effectiveness in providing safe schools and enforcing student discipline. (1998-131, s. 5; 2005-195, s. 8.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.11 - School calendar.

§ 143B-146.11. School calendar.
Each school shall adopt a school calendar that includes a minimum of 180 days and 1,000 hours of instruction covering at least nine calendar months. In the development of its school calendar, each school shall consult with parents, the residential school personnel, and the local school administrative unit in which that school is located. (1998-131, s. 5.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.13 - School technology plan.

§ 143B-146.13. School technology plan.
(a) No later than December 15, 1998, the Secretary shall develop a school technology plan for the residential schools that meets the requirements of the State school technology plan. In developing a school technology plan, the Secretary is encouraged to coordinate its planning with other agencies of State and local government, including local school administrative units.
The Department of Information Technology shall assist the Secretary in developing the parts of the plan related to its technological aspects, to the extent that resources are available to do so. The Department of Public Instruction shall assist the Secretary in developing the instructional and technological aspects of the plan.
The Secretary shall submit the plan that is developed to the Department of Information Technology for its evaluation of the parts of the plan related to its technological aspects and to the Department of Public Instruction for its evaluation of the instructional aspects of the plan. The State Board of Education, after consideration of the evaluations of the Department of Information Technology and the Department of Public Instruction, shall approve all plans that comply with the requirements of the State school technology plan.
(b) After a plan is approved by the State Board of Education, all funds spent for technology in the residential schools shall be used to implement the school technology plan. (1998-131, s. 5; 2004-129, s. 45; 2015-241, s. 7A.4(x).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.14 - Dispute resolution; appeals to Secretary.

§ 143B-146.14. Dispute resolution; appeals to Secretary.
The Secretary shall establish a procedure for the resolution of disputes between the residential schools and the parents or guardians of students who attend the schools.
An appeal shall lie from the decision of all residential school personnel to the Secretary or the Secretary's designee. In all of these appeals it is the duty of the Secretary to see that a proper notice is given to all parties concerned and that a record of the hearing is properly entered in the records. (1998-131, s. 5.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.15 - Duty to report certain acts to law enforcement.

§ 143B-146.15. Duty to report certain acts to law enforcement.
When the principal has personal knowledge or actual notice from residential school personnel or other reliable source that an act has occurred on school property involving assault resulting in serious personal injury, sexual assault, sexual offense, rape, kidnapping, indecent liberties with a minor, assault involving the use of a weapon, possession of a firearm in violation of the law, possession of a weapon in violation of the law, or possession of a controlled substance in violation of the law, the principal shall immediately report the act to the appropriate local law enforcement agency. Failure to report under this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor. For purposes of this section, "school property" shall include any building, bus, campus, grounds, recreational area, or athletic field, in the charge of the principal or while the student is under the supervision of school personnel. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the principal notify the Secretary of any report made to law enforcement under this section. (1998-131, s. 5; 2005-195, s. 10; 2013-247, s. 7.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-146.21 - Policies, reports, and other miscellaneous provisions.

§ 143B-146.21. Policies, reports, and other miscellaneous provisions.
(a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consult with the State Board of Education in its implementation of this act as it pertains to improving the educational programs at the residential schools. The Secretary also shall fully inform and consult with the chairs of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Education and Health and Human Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on a regular basis as the Secretary carries out his duties under this act.
(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-247, s. 8, effective July 3, 2013.
(c) The Department of Public Instruction, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, and the State Board of Community Colleges shall offer and communicate the availability of professional development opportunities to the personnel assigned to the residential schools.
(d) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall adopt policies to ensure that students of the residential schools are given priority to residing in the independent living facilities on each school's campus.
(e) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Office of State Human Resources, shall set the salary supplement paid to teachers, instructional support personnel, and school-based administrators who are employed in the programs operated by the Department of Health and Human Services and are licensed by the State Board of Education. The salary supplement shall be at least five percent (5%), but not more than the percentage supplement they would receive if they were employed in the local school administrative unit where the job site is located. These salary supplements shall not be paid to central office staff. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to include "merit pay" under the term "salary supplement". (1998-131, ss. 3, 10, 17; 2001-424, s. 21.81(a); 2005-276, s. 29.19(a); 2013-247, s. 8; 2013-382, s. 9.1(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-149 - Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services - officers.

§ 143B-149. Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services – officers.
The Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services shall have a chairman and a vice-chairman. The chairman shall be designated by the Governor from among the members and shall serve as chairman at his pleasure. The vice-chairman shall be elected by and from the members of the Commission and shall serve for a term of two years or until the expiration of his regularly appointed term. (1973, c. 476, s. 131; 1977, c. 679, s. 3; 1981, c. 51, s. 1; 1989, c. 625, s. 23.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-150 - Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services - regular and special meetings.

§ 143B-150. Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services – regular and special meetings.
The Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services shall meet at least once in each quarter and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the State at the call of the chairman or upon the written request of at least eight members. (1973, c. 476, s. 132; 1977, c. 679, s. 4; 1981, c. 51, s. 1; 1989, c. 625, s. 23.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-150.1 - Use of funds for North Carolina Child Treatment Program.

§ 143B-150.1. Use of funds for North Carolina Child Treatment Program.
(a) State funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services, for the North Carolina Child Treatment Program shall be used exclusively for the following purposes:
(1) To continue to provide clinical training and coaching to licensed clinicians on an array of evidence-based treatments and to provide a statewide platform to assure accountability and measurable outcomes.
(2) To maintain and manage a public roster of program graduates, linking high-quality clinicians with children, families, and professionals.
(3) To partner with leadership within the State, local management entities/managed care organizations as defined in G.S. 122C-3, and the private sector to bring effective mental health treatment to children in juvenile justice and mental health facilities.
(b) All data, including any entered or stored in the State-funded secure database developed for the North Carolina Child Treatment Program to track individual-level and aggregate-level data with interface capability to work with existing networks within State agencies, is and remains the sole property of the State. (2017-57, s. 11F.1(b); 2023-65, s. 5.2(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-150.5 - Family Preservation Services Program established; purpose.

§ 143B-150.5. Family Preservation Services Program established; purpose.
(a) There is established the Family Preservation Services Program of the Department of Health and Human Services. To the extent that funds are made available, locally-based family preservation services shall be available to all 100 counties. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall be responsible for the development and implementation of the Family Preservation Services Program as established in this Part.
(b) The purpose of the Family Preservation Services Program is, where feasible and in the best interests of the child and the family, to keep the family unit intact by providing intensive family-centered services that help create, within the family, positive, long-term changes in the home environment.
(c) Family preservation services shall be financed in part through grants to local agencies for the development and implementation of locally-based family preservation services. Grants to local agencies shall be made in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 143B-150.6.
(d) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall ensure the cooperation of the Division of Social Services, the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services, and the Division of Health Benefits, in carrying out the provisions of this Part. (1991, c. 743, s. 1; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2000-137, s. 4(z); 2001-424, s. 21.50(f); 2019-81, s. 15(a); 2023-65, s. 5.2(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-150.6 - Program services; eligibility; grants for local projects; fund transfers.

§ 143B-150.6. Program services; eligibility; grants for local projects; fund transfers.
(a) Services: – Services to be provided under the Family Preservation Services Program shall include but are not limited to: family assessment, intensive family and individual counseling, client advocacy, case management, development and enhancement of parenting skills, and referral for other services as appropriate.
(b) Eligibility: – Families eligible for services under the Family Preservation Services Program are those with children ages 0-17 years who are at risk of imminent separation through placement in public welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.
(c) Service Delivery: – Services delivered to eligible families under the Family Preservation Services Program shall be provided in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) Each eligible family shall receive intensive family preservation services, beginning with identification of an imminent risk of out-of-home placement for an average of four weeks but not more than six weeks;
(2) At least one-half of a caseworker's time spent providing family preservation services to each eligible family shall be provided in the family's home and community;
(3) Family preservation caseworkers shall be available to each eligible family by telephone and on call for visits 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
(4) Each family preservation caseworker shall provide services to a maximum of four families at any given time.
(d) Grants for local projects: – The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall award grants to local agencies for the development and implementation of locally-based family preservation services projects. The number of grants awarded and the level of funding of each grant for each fiscal year shall be contingent upon and determined by funds appropriated for that purpose by the General Assembly.
(e) Inter-agency fund transfers: – The Department may allow the Division of Social Services and the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services, to use funds available to each Division to support family preservation services provided by the Division under the Program; provided that such use does not violate federal regulations pertaining to, or otherwise jeopardize the availability of federal funds. (1991, c. 743, s. 1; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 1999-423, s. 9; 2001-424, s. 21.50(g); 2023-65, s. 5.2(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-152.10 - Family Resource Center Grant Program; creation; purpose; intent.

§ 143B-152.10. Family Resource Center Grant Program; creation; purpose; intent.
(a) There is created in the Department of Health and Human Services the Family Resource Center Grant Program. The purpose of the program is to provide grants to implement family support programs that are research-based and have been evaluated for effectiveness that provide services to children from birth through 17 years of age and to their families that:
(1) Enhance the children's development and ability to attain academic and social success;
(1a) Prevent child abuse and neglect by implementing program models that have been evaluated and found to improve outcomes for children and families;
(2) Ensure a successful transition from early childhood education programs and child care to the public schools;
(3) Assist families in achieving economic independence and self-sufficiency; and
(4) Mobilize public and private community resources to help children and families in need.
(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to encourage and support broad-based collaboration among public and private agencies and among people who reflect the racial and socioeconomic diversity in communities to develop initiatives that (i) improve outcomes for children by preventing child abuse and neglect, (ii) enhance and strengthen the ability of families to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of their children, (iii) enhance the ability of families to become advocates for and supporters of the children in their families, and (iv) enhance the ability of families to function as nurturing and effective family units.
(c) It is further the intent of the General Assembly that this program shall be targeted to those neighborhoods that have disproportionately high levels of (i) children who would be less likely to attain educational or social success, (ii) families with low incomes, and (iii) crime and juvenile delinquency. (1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 31(a); 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2007-130, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-152.11 - Administration of program.

§ 143B-152.11. Administration of program.
The Department of Health and Human Services shall develop and implement the Family Resource Center Grant Program. The Department shall:
(1) Sponsor a statewide conference for teams of interested representatives to provide background information and assistance regarding all aspects of the program;
(2) Disseminate information regarding the program to interested local community groups;
(3) Provide initial technical assistance and ongoing technical assistance to grant recipients;
(4) Administer funds appropriated by the General Assembly;
(5) Monitor the grants funded and the ongoing operations of family resource centers;
(6) Revoke a grant if necessary or appropriate;
(7) Report to the General Assembly and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, in accordance with G.S. 143B-152.15; and
(8) Adopt rules to implement this Part. (1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 31(a); 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973 › Article 3 - Department of Health and Human Services. › § 143B-152.12 - Eligible applicantsapplications for grants.

§ 143B-152.12. Eligible applicants: applications for grants.
(a) A community-or neighborhood-based 501(c)(3) entity or a consortium consisting of one or more local 501(c)(3) entities and one or more local school administrative units may apply for a grant.
(b) Applicants for grants shall identify the neighborhood or neighborhoods whose children and families will be served by a family resource center. The decision-making process for identifying and establishing family resource centers shall reflect the racial and socioeconomic diversity of the neighborhood or neighborhoods to be served.
(c) A grant application shall include a process for assessing on an annual basis the success of the local plan in addressing problems. (1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 31(a).)