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<br />' JOINT RESOLUTION
<br />OF THE BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
<br />OF CABARRUS COUNTY, DAVIDSON COUNTY, ROWAN COUNTY,
<br />' STANLY COUNTY, AND UNION COUNTY
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Cabarrus County, the Board
<br />' of County Commissioners of Stanly County, and the Board of County Commissioners of
<br />Union County by Joint Resolution dated April 1, 1974, established Piedmont Area
<br />Mental Health Program; and
<br />' WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Cabarrus County, the Board
<br />of County Commissioners of Stanly County, and the Board of County Commissioners of
<br />' Union County by Joint Resolution dated March 31, 1981, modified their Joint Resolution
<br />dated April 1, 1974, by naming the entity "Piedmont Area Mental Health, Mental
<br />Retardation, and Substance Abuse Authority; and
<br />' WHEREAS, by Joint Resolution dated October 1, 1997, the County
<br />Commissioners of Cabarrus, Rowan, Stanly and Union Counties included Rowan County
<br />as a participating county in the area authority and renamed it Piedmont Area Mental
<br />' Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Authority: and;
<br /> WHEREAS, by Joint Resolution adopted by the Boards of Commissioners of
<br />' Cabarrus County (on April 21, 2003), Davidson County (on May 13, 2003), Rowan
<br /> County (on March 17, 2003), Stanly County (on May 5, 2003) and Union County (on
<br /> Apri17, 2003), providing that Davidson County, pursuant to G. S. 122C-115 (c) became a
<br />' participating county in the multi-county Area Authority known as Piedmont Area Mental
<br /> Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Authority, and
<br />' WHEREAS, for many years, Piedmont Area Mental Health, Developmental
<br /> Disabilities and Substance Abuse Authority has for several years operated under the
<br /> name "Piedmont Behavioral Healthcare", the acronym for which is "PBH", and
<br />' WHEREAS, by Session Law 2001-437 effective July 1, 2002, entitled "An Act
<br /> to Phase In Implementation of Mental Health System Reform at the State and Local
<br /> Level," the North Carolina General Assembly has amended North Carolina General
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<br />' s mental health
<br />Statute Chapter 122C and launched extensive changes in North Carolina
<br /> system, and,
<br />' WHEREAS, Piedmont Area Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and
<br /> Substance Abuse Authority has been recognized as a state leader in implementing mental
<br /> health system reform and has now successfully made the transition to the status of Local
<br />' Management Entity or "LME", as defined by G.S. 122C-3 (20b) carrying out the
<br /> functions of an LME as set forth in G.S. 122C-115.4, and
<br />' WHEREAS, Piedmont Area Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and
<br /> Substance Abuse Authority desires to manifest its change in status to an LME with a
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<br />Attachment number 1
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