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STATE Of NORTH CAROLINA <br /> <br /> DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES <br /> <br /> October 23, 1981 <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> TO: Chairman, County Commissioners <br /> County Managers <br /> FROM: O.DivisionMortOnofCOngleton,Aging Deputy Direct°r ~c,0~ <br /> <br /> SUBJECT: Domiciliary Home Residents~ Bill of Rights <br /> <br /> On July 10, 1981, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted into <br /> law the Domiciliary Home Residents' Bill of Rights (House Bill 1098). The ef- <br /> fective date of the law is October l, 1981, except the optional provision allows <br /> for establishing Community Advisory Committees~ to be appointed by January 1, <br /> 1982. <br /> <br /> The purpose of the law is co promote the interests and well being of <br /> residents of domiciliary homes in the state licensed pursuant to G. S. 13lC. <br /> Its intent is to protect the civil and religious liberties of these residents as <br /> well. The law purports to do this by establishing sixteen rights to which resi- <br /> dents of domiciliary homes are entitled, directing the administrators of these <br /> homes to carry out the residentst rights, directing the county director of social <br /> services and the Department of Human Resources to enforce the law, and authoriz- <br /> ing boards of county commissioners to establish con.unity advisory committees <br /> for domiciliary homes. <br /> <br /> The Domiciliary Home Bill of Rights pertains to the three types of <br />Domiciliary Homes, including Family Care Homes, Homes for the Aged and Disabled, <br />and Group Homes for Developmentally Disabled Adults, Although this legislation <br />is similar to the Nursing Home Patients' Bill of Rights (H. B. 1015), there are <br />significant differences between the two. The major difference is that in the <br />~e Bjj~f Right~. ~ommunity. advisory committees are mandated ine~ <br />cou__nt% thact_has_~t_j.~a~t_qRg n~ursi~ home~t-~ mo-~tor-~e Bill of Rights and to <br />r---~sol~e any vioiati_Q~ of~ the patien~Tl~i~-7-~[~'~a~"~g~el,~..~_r~s~'~ <br />the Do_~m~ci~_~B~% B~%,!.~ Rights the~communit~ a~visory committees are optional <br />and the implementation strategy utilizes the existing system of monitor[ng'R'~t <br />Homes. <br /> <br /> There are three pertinent sections to H. B. 1098. The first important <br />section is the Declaration of Residents' Rights. Sixteen residents' rights are <br />delineated that are somewhat similar to the Patients' Bill of Rights although <br /> <br /> <br />