Bill Text: NC H1892 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

North Carolina House Bill 1892 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Prgm Eval Study Agency Reversal ALJ Decision

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-29 - Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House [H1892 Detail]

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

H 1

HOUSE BILL 1892*

Short Title: Prgm Eval Study Agency Reversal ALJ Decision.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Insko, Braxton, Justus (Primary Sponsors); Barnhart, Bell, Harrison, and Lucas.
Referred to:	State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

May 20, 2010

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT authorizing the joint legislative program evaluation oversight committee to direct the program evaluation division to study agency reversal of administrative law judge decisions in chapter 150B contested cases, as recommended by the joint legislative oversight committee on mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a) The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee shall include in the 2010 Work Plan for the Program Evaluation Division of the General Assembly a study of Chapter 150B contested cases. The Division shall study the number of decisions rendered by administrative law judges that are overturned as a final agency decision. For these cases the Division shall evaluate the nature of the case, the basis of the reversal, the number of cases appealed to superior court and the results of those appeals.

SECTION 1.(b) The Program Evaluation Division shall submit its findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, and the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee at a date to be determined by the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee.

SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.