NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 253

SENATE BILL 231

 

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT TREATMENT OF MENTALLY ILL CRIMINALS AT ANY MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY APPROVED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 122-83, as the same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended as follows:

(1)        Wherever the word "hospital" appears in this section and in the catchline thereof, it is stricken out and the word "facility" is substituted therefor.

(2)        Wherever the word "institutions" appears, it is stricken out and the word "facilities" is substituted therefor.

(3)        The words "to Dorothea Dix Hospital, or to Cherry Hospital" are stricken out and the words "any State Mental Health Facility in North Carolina" is substituted therefor.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 122-84, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended as follows:

(1)        Where the words "the hospital" appear in lines 15 and 19 of this section, they are stricken out and the words "a facility" are substituted therefor.

(2)        Wherever else the word "hospital" appears in this section and in the catchline thereof, it is stricken out and the word "facility" is substituted therefor.

Sec. 3.  G.S. 122-85, as the same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to the 1964 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended as follows:

(1)        Where the words "the hospital" appear in line three of this section, they are hereby stricken out and the words "a facility" are substituted therefor.

(2)        Wherever else the word "hospital" appears in this section and in the catchline thereof, it is stricken out and the word "facility" is substituted therefor.

(3)        Where the word "hospitalization" appears in lines three and four and in line eight of this section, it is stricken out and the word "commitment" is substituted therefor.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 122-85.1, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended as follows:

(1)        The word "hospitalized" where it appears in line two is stricken out and the word "committed" is substituted therefor.

(2)        The word "hospital" where it appears in line three is stricken out and the word "facility" is substituted therefor.

Sec. 5.  G.S. 122-86, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended as follows:

(1)        The words "the hospital" where they appear in lines two and five the words "the hospitals" where they appear in line 11 are stricken out and, in each instance, the words "a facility" are substituted therefor.

(2)        The words "several State hospitals" where they appear in line 14 are stricken out and the word "facilities" is substituted therefor.

(3)        The word "hospital" where it appears in the catchline and in line eight, is stricken out and the word "facility" is substituted therefor in each instance.

Sec. 6.  G.S. 122-87, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended as follows:

(1)        The word "hospital", where it appears in lines one, three, seven and thirteen, is stricken out and the word "facility" is substituted therefor.

(2)        The word "hospitalized", where it appears in lines eight and 16, is stricken out and the word "committed" is substituted therefor.

Sec. 7.  G.S. 122-87.1, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended as follows:

(1)        The word "hospital" where it appears in line three, is stricken out and the word "facility" is substituted therefor.

(2)        The word "hospitalized" where it appears in line four is stricken out and the word "committed" is substituted therefor.

Sec. 8.  G.S. 122-88, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended as follows:

(1)        The word "hospital" where it appears in the catchline is stricken out and the word "facility" is substituted therefor.

(2)        The word "hospitalize" where it appears in line eight is stricken out and the word "commit" is substituted therefor.

(3)        The words "the State hospital", where they appear in line eight, are stricken out and the words "a State facility" is substituted therefor.

Sec. 9.  G.S. 122-89, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended as follows:

(1)        The word "Hospital", where it appears in the catchline. is stricken out and the word "Facility" is substituted therefor.

(2)        The word "hospitals", where it appears in line two and the word "institutions", where it appears in line four, are stricken out and, in each instance, the word "facilities" is substituted therefor.

Sec. 10.  G.S. 122-91, as the same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended as follows:

(1)        The word "hospital" where it appears in lines four, nine, 18 and 21 is stricken out and the word "facility" is substituted therefor.

(2)        The word "hospitalized", where it appears in lines 15 and 16 is stricken out and the word "committed" is substituted therefor.

Sec. 11.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of April, 1973.