143B-136.1. Department of Health and Human Services – creation. There is created a department to be known as the "Department of Health and Human Services," with the organization, duties, functions, and powers defined in this Article and other applicable provisions of law. (1997-443, s. 11A.3.)
143B-137.1. Department of Health and Human Services – duties. It shall be the duty of the Department to provide the necessary management, development of policy, and establishment and enforcement of standards for the provisions of services in the fields of public and mental health and rehabilitation with the intent to assist all citizens – as […]
143B-138.1. Department of Health and Human Services – functions and organization. (a) All functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously vested in the following commissions, boards, councils, committees, or subunits of the Department of Human Resources are transferred to and vested in the Department of Health and Human Services by a Type I transfer, as defined […]
143B-139. Department of Health and Human Services – head. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall be the head of the Department. (1973, c. 476, s. 120; 1997-443, s. 11A.122.)
143B-139.1. Secretary of Health and Human Services to adopt rules applicable to local health and human services agencies. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services may adopt rules applicable to local health and human services agencies for the purpose of program evaluation, fiscal audits, and collection of third-party payments. The Secretary may […]
143B-139.2. Secretary of Health and Human Services requests for grants-in-aid from non-State agencies. It is the intent of this General Assembly that non-State health and human services agencies submit their appropriation requests for grants-in-aid through the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly, and […]
143B-139.3. Department of Health and Human Services – authority to contract with other entities. (a) The Department of Health and Human Services is authorized to contract with any governmental agency, person, association, or corporation for the accomplishment of its duties and responsibilities provided that the expenditure of funds pursuant to such contracts shall be for […]
143B-139.3A. Contracts with nonprofit grantees. (a) Contract Time and Continuity. – (1) In efforts to support the continuity of services provided by nonprofit grantees receiving state and federal funds, the Department of Health and Human Services (Department) shall enter into a minimum of a two-year contract agreement with nonprofit grantees/recipients if all of the following […]
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 […]
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 […]
143B-139.4B. Office of Rural Health to oversee and monitor establishment and administration of statewide telepsychiatry program. (a) The following definitions apply in this section: (1) Community-based site. – Community-based health care setting to include, but not limited to, public health department, rural health center, rural health clinic, federally qualified health center, school-based health center, free […]
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 […]
143B-139.4D. Department of Health and Human Services; coordination of health information technology. (a) The Department of Health and Human Services, in cooperation with the State Chief Information Officer, shall coordinate health information technology policies and programs within the State of North Carolina. The goal of the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Health and […]
143B-139.5. Department of Health and Human Services; adult care State/county share of costs for State-County Special Assistance programs. [Effective until July 1, 2022] 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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).)
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 […]
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 […]
