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Commissioner Keigher - Legislative Request - To Request Legislation to Authorize the Conveyance of the North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital Property in Gastonia to Gaston County
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STAFF CONTACT
Charles Moore - County Attorney - 704-866-3400
BUDGET IMPACT
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Unknown at the present time.
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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT
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BACKGROUND
Partners Behavioral Health Management is one of eight LME/MCO entities authorized by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to manage mental health, substance use disorder and intellectual/developmental disability services within the state. Partners manages these services for an eight county region, including Gaston, Lincoln, Cleveland, Catawba, Burke, Surry, Yadkin and Iredell counties.
The State of North Carolina and the County of Gaston entered into a lease agreement for the County to occupy the campus of the former North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital in Gastonia on December 7, 1979 and Partners Behavioral Health has occupied a large portion of the campus for a number of years. The Gaston County Board of Commissioners finds that it is in the best interests of the County, in terms of maintaining the historically significant buildings on the campus, and in maintaining significant employment on the campus, that these activities remain on the campus in the future.
The Gaston County Board of Commissioners requests that the Gaston County Delegation to the North Carolina General Assembly introduce and support legislation to transfer title for the North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital property to Gaston County.
POLICY IMPACT
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ATTACHMENTS
Resolution - Legislative Request