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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
ORANGE COUNTY,NORTH CAROLINA
WHEREAS,N.C.G.S. §122C-115(a)requires each county in North Carolina to provide mental health, developmental
disability and substance abuse services either through an area authority or a county program established pursuant to N.C.G.S.
§122C-115.1; and
WHEREAS, N.C.G.S. §122C-115.1 authorizes counties to enter into multi-county programs created through inter-
local agreements pursuant to N.C.G.S. §160A-460,et seq.;and
WHEREAS, N.C.G.S. §122C-115.2 allows the Board of County Commissioners or two or more Boards of County
Commissioners jointly to establish an area authority with approval of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Services;and
WHEREAS, the Boards of Commissioners of Orange County, Person County and Chatham County intend to form a
three county public entity to serve as the local management entity("LME")for Orange,Person and Chatham counties;and
WHEREAS, by January, 2003, Orange County,Person County and Chatham County,through a mutually agreed upon
entity, either an area authority or county program, will provide as a joint effort of the three counties, for the development,
review and approval of a business plan for the management and delivery of mental health, developmental disabilities and
substance abuse services with detailed information on how the area authority or county program will meet State standards,laws
and rules ensuring quality mental health, development disability and substance abuse services, including Outcome measures for
evaluating program effectiveness.
NOW,THEREFORE,the Board of Commissioners of Orange County by adopting this resolution establish its intent to
form a three-county public entity to serve as the local management entity for the provision of mental health, developmental
disability and substance abuse services in Orange, Person and Chatham Counties and, upon the formation of the three-county
public entity,the three-county public entity will submit a local business plan in January,2003 as a joint effort of Orange,Person
and Chatham Counties.
This resolution having submitted to a vote,received the following vote and was duly adopted by Orange County this
) day of CQC/-I4LA.,,2002.
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