§ 143-127.1. Parental liability for payment of cost of care for long-term patients in Department of Health and Human Services facilities. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 143‑127.1. Parental liability for payment of cost of care for long‑term patients inDepartment of Health and Human Services facilities.

(a)        Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of G.S. 143‑117through 143‑127 inclusive, the natural or adoptive parents of persons whoare non‑Medicaid, long‑term patients at facilities owned oroperated by the Department of Health and Human Services shall only be liable onthe charges made by such facility for treatment, care and maintenance for anamount not to exceed the cost of caring for a normal child at home asdetermined from standard sources by the Department of Health and HumanServices.

(b)        Parents or adoptive parents of a patient in a facility ownedor operated by the Department of Health and Human Services shall not be liablefor any charges made by such facility for treatment, care and maintenance ofsuch a patient incurred or accrued subsequent to such patient attaining age 18.

(c)        For purposes of this section, the term "long‑termpatient" is defined as a person who has been a patient in a facility ownedor operated by the Department of Health and Human Services for a continuousperiod in excess of 120 days. No absence of a patient from the facility due toa temporary or trial visit shall be counted as interrupting the accrual of the120 days herein required to attain the status of a long‑term patient.

(d)        Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 386, s. 2. (1971, c. 218, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 133; c. 775;1975, c. 19, s. 48; 1979, c. 838, ss. 25‑27; 1983, c. 12; 1983 (Reg.Sess., 1984), c. 1116, s. 82; 1987, c. 738, s. 68; 1993, c. 386, s. 2; 1997‑443,s. 11A.118(a).)