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069 <br /> GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> SESSION 1983 <br /> RATIFIED BILL <br /> CHAPTER 88 <br /> SENATE BILL 18 <br /> AN ACT TO AMEND DOMICILIARY HOME COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMNITTEES. <br /> The GeneralAsseably of North Carolina enacts: <br /> Section 1. Article 3 of Chapter 131D of the General <br /> Statutes islamended by rewriting G. S. 131D-31 to read: <br /> " (a) Staement of Purpose. It is the intention of the General <br /> Assembly that community advisory committees work to maintain the <br /> intent of the Domiciliary Home Residents' Bill of Rights within <br /> the licensee domiciliary homes in this State. It is the further <br /> intent of the General Assembly that the committees promote <br /> community involvement and cooperation with domiciliary homes to <br /> ensure quality care for the elderly and disabled adults. <br /> (b) Estal.ishment and Appointment of Committees. <br /> (1 A community advisory committee shall be established <br /> in each county which has at least one licensed <br /> domiciliary home, shall serve all the homes in the <br /> county, and shall work with each of these homes for <br /> 8`` the best interests of the residents. In a.. county <br /> which has one, two, or three homes for the aged and <br /> disabled, the committee shall have five members. <br /> (2) In a county with four or more homes for the aged <br /> and disabled, the committee shall have one <br /> additional member for each home for the aged and <br /> disabled in excess of three, up to a maximum of 20 <br /> members. In each county with four or more homes <br /> for the aged and disabled, the committee shall <br /> establish a subcommittee of no more than five <br /> members and no fewer than three members from the <br /> committee for each domiciliary home in the county. <br /> Each member must serve on at least one <br /> subcommittee. <br /> (3) In counties with no homes for the aged and <br /> disabled, the committee shall have five members. <br /> •'� Regardless of how many members a particular <br /> community advisory committee must have, at least <br /> one member of each committee shall be a person <br /> involved in the area of mental retardation. <br /> (4) The boards of county commissioners are encouraged <br /> to appoint the Domiciliary Home Community Advisory <br /> Committees. Of the members, a minority (not less <br /> than one-third, but as close to one-third as <br /> TAeCi {t7 al s eawi 4.... ..7...._....... �,,..__ <br />