Bill Summaries: S371 (2021)

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  • Summary date: Mar 29 2021 - View summary

    Directs the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services (DMH), to resume the adult and pediatric traumatic brain injury pilot program authorized under Section 11F.9, SL 2017-57, as amended. 

    Appropriates the following amounts from the General Fund to DMH: $600,000 for 2021-22 to pay the contracted vendor for currently unfunded costs accrued for the vendor's continuation of the pilot program during the 2019-21 biennium; and $300,000 for each fiscal year of the 2021-23 biennium to be used for the pilot program. 

    Requires DMH to report to the specified NCGA committee and division on the pilot program by April 1, 2022. Specifies required content of the report, including an estimate of the cost of statewide expansion. 

    Effective July 1, 2021.