Health and Human Services

Session Year 2023

All Health and Human Services Summaries
Session Law SlSort1 SLSort2 Bill BillSort1 BillSort2 Summary
SL 2023-7 2023 0007 H76 H 0076 Access to Healthcare Options.
SL 2023-129 2023 0129 H125 H 0125 North Carolina Health and Human Services Workforce Act.
SL 2023-65 2023 0065 H190 H 0190 Department of Health and Human Services Revisions.
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 4.10: Transformational Investments in North Carolina Health
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 5.8: Medical Freedom/COVID-19 Vaccinations
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.36: School Safety Grants
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.14: Primary Care Medicine and Psychiatry Targeted Assistance Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9A.1: Conforming Parity Changes Pertaining to the State-County Special Assistance In-Home Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.1: Reports by Non-State Entities on the Use of Directed Grant Funds
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.2: Community Health Grant Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.3: Funds for North Carolina Dental Society Foundation's Missions of Mercy Dental Clinics
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.4: Expansion of the North Carolina Loan Repayment Program/Incentives for the Recruitment and Retention of Health Providers in Outpatient Primary Care Settings in Rural, Underserved Areas
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.5: Expansion of the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Initiative Pilot Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.6: Transfer of Positions to the Department of Public Instruction for the Care and Maintenance of Governor Morehead School for the Blind
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.7A: Funds for Telehealth Infrastructure Grant Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.9: Management Flexibility for the Department of Health and Human Services to Expend Certain ARPA Temporary Savings Fund Appropriations for Purposes Related to Child and Family Well-Being
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.1: NC Pre-K Programs/Standards for Four- and Five-Star Rated Facilities
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.3: Child Care Subsidy Rates
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.4: Child Care Allocation Formula
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.5: Smart Start Initiatives
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.6: Smart Start Literacy Initiative/Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.8: Increase Provision of In-Home Child Care/Pilot Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.9: Tri-Share Pilot Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.10: Increase Capacity/Family Child Care Homes
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.11: Extend Compensation Grants for Child Care Programs
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.7: Ensuring Certain Medicaid Receipts
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.8: Medicaid Rebase Tracking, Transparency, and Predictability
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.9: Use of the Medicaid Transformation Fund for Medicaid Transformation Needs
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.10: Expand North Carolina Innovations Waiver Slots
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.11: Medicaid Skilled Nursing Facility Rates
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.12: Medicaid Personal Care Services Rates
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.12A: Increase Private Duty Nursing Rates
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.13B: Rates for Durable Medical Equipment
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.15: Increase Wages of Direct Care Workers
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.16: Behavioral Health and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Tailored Plan Updates
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.17: Expedited Medicaid Preferred Drug List Review for Drugs Treating Serious Mental Illness
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.18: Relatives Providing Care to Minors on the Innovations Waiver
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.19: Further Adjust Implementation Date for Requiring Local Management Entity/Managed Care Organizations to Pay for Behavioral Health Services Provided to Beneficiaries Awaiting Hospital Discharge
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.19A: Draft Serious Mental Illness/Serious Emotional Disturbance Waiver
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.19B: Psychiatry Access Line
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.20: Prepaid Health Plans Performance Metrics
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.21: Additional Medicaid Services for Foster Youth
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.22: Children and Families Specialty Plan
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.23: Agency Requested Changes / Division of Health Benefits
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.24: Ensure Adherence to Medicaid State Plan/ Reimbursements for Ambulatory Surgical Centers
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.25: Increase Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.26: Continue to Address the Reimbursement Methodology Used for Services Provided to Senior Dual Eligibles
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.27: Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program / Freestanding Psychiatric Hospitals
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.28: Primary Care Payment Reform Task Force
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9F.1: Temporary Certificate of Need Exemption
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9F.10: Division of Health Service Regulation Report
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9F.11: New Rural Emergency Hospital Designation
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.1: Single-Stream Funding for Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/Substance Use Services Community Services
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.1A: Maximize Ability to Stabilize the Behavioral Health Workforce in State Facilities
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.2: Local Inpatient Psychiatric Beds or Bed Days
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.2B: Justice-Related Behavioral Health Programs
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.3: Funds for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Veterans Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.5: Start-Up Funds for Wilkes Recovery Revolution, Inc.
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.6: Workforce Development Funds for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.6A: Building A Safety Net Through an Accountable System of Care Focused on Substance Use and Mental Health Issues in the Workplace/Pilot Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.7A: Agency Requested Changes / Behavioral Health
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.8: Use of Opioid Settlement Funds
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.9: Report on Implementation Status of New Electronic Health Records System at State Psychiatric Hospitals
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.1: Local Health Departments/Competitive Grant Process to Improve Maternal and Child Health
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.2: Report on Premium Assistance Program with AIDS Drug Assistance Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.3: Limitation on Use of State Funds for Abortion
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.4: Use of Juul Settlement Funds
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.7: Requirement and Funding for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to Conduct Toxicology Screening in all Child Death Cases Under the Jurisdiction of a Medical Examiner
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.8: Autopsy Requirement in Suspected Death by Distribution Cases; Increased Autopsy Fees; Funding to Increase the Autopsy Capacity of the Medical Examiner System; Strategic Plan for Improving the Medical Examiner System; Annual Autopsy Centers Report
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.10: South Piedmont Regional Autopsy Center Funds
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.10A: East Carolina University Regional Autopsy Center
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.11: Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.12: Statewide Continuum of Care Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.15(a)-(d): Establishment and Funding of the State Office of Child Fatality Prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.15(e): Transition Plan for Shifting State Support of the Child Fatality Prevention System to the State Office of Child Fatality Prevention, Creating and Supporting a Centralized Data and Reporting System, and Restructuring Existing Child Death Review Teams
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.15(f)-(i): Modifications and Additions to Child Fatality System Statutes to Restructure Child Death Review Teams, Implement Participation in the National Fatality Review Case Reporting System, and Clarify the Functions of the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.15(j): Establishment of North Carolina Citizen Review Panels
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.1: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Benefit Implementation
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.2: Intensive Family Preservation Services Funding, Performance Enhancements, and Report
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.3: Child Caring Institutions
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.4: Use of Foster Care Budget for Guardian Assistance Program
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.5: Child Welfare Postsecondary Support Program (NC Reach)
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.6: Federal Child Support Incentive Payments
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.7: Successful Transition/Foster Care Youth
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.8: Permanency Innovation Initiative/Codify Supplementation of Federal Funds Requirements
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.9: Report on Certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Expenditures
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.11: Child Advocacy Center Funds
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.12: Foster Care Trauma-Informed Assessment
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.13: Transportation of High-Risk Juveniles
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9L.1: Conform Privilege Exemptions for Psychiatrists, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, Clinical Mental Health Counselors, and Psychologists
SL 2023-134 2023 0134 H259 H 0259 2023 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 30.9: Proposal for State-Based Health Benefits Exchange
SL 2023-115 2023 0115 H323 H 0323 Retain Adult Developmental Vocational Rehabilitation Programs.
SL 2023-80 2023 0080 H344 H 0344 Mental Health Licensing Fair Practice Standards.
SL 2023-135 2023 0135 H361 H 0361 Require Report/Protection and Advocacy Agency.
SL 2023-141 2023 0141 H415 H 0415 Stop Addiction Fraud Ethics Act of 2023.
SL 2023-95 2023 0095 H484 H 0484 Mental Health Confidential Information Disclosure.
SL 2023-137 2023 0137 H600 H 0600 Regulatory Reform Act of 2023.: Sec. 9: Direct Department of Environmental Quality to Prepare a Human Health Risk Assessment for 1,4-Dioxane in Drinking Water and Evaluate Commercially Available Technology to Remove 1,4-Dioxane from Wastewater Effluent
SL 2023-137 2023 0137 H600 H 0600 Regulatory Reform Act of 2023.: Sec. 29.1-29.3: Modify the Rules Related to the Inspection of Establishments that Prepare or Serve Food
SL 2023-137 2023 0137 H600 H 0600 Regulatory Reform Act of 2023.: Sec. 30: Codify Existing Stroke Center Designations and Add a Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center Designation
SL 2023-137 2023 0137 H600 H 0600 Regulatory Reform Act of 2023.: Sec. 31: State Ownership of Health Information Exchange Network Data
SL 2023-137 2023 0137 H600 H 0600 Regulatory Reform Act of 2023.: Sec. 32: Voluntary Connection to North Carolina Health Information Exchange Network for Chiropractors
SL 2023-137 2023 0137 H600 H 0600 Regulatory Reform Act of 2023.: Sec. 33: Expansion of the Homeschool Cooperative Exemption to the Definition of Child Care
SL 2023-137 2023 0137 H600 H 0600 Regulatory Reform Act of 2023.: Sec. 53: Revisions Regarding the Lease or Sale of Hospital Facilities to or from For-Profit or Nonprofit Corporations or Other Business Entities by Municipalities and Hospital Authorities
SL 2023-96 2023 0096 H674 H 0674 Child Advocacy Centers/Share Information.
SL 2023-111 2023 0111 H808 H 0808 Gender Transition/Minors.
SL 2023-14 2023 0014 S20 S 0020 Care for Women, Children, and Families Act - Part I.: Abortion Law Revisions
SL 2023-14 2023 0014 S20 S 0020 Care for Women, Children, and Families Act - Part II.: Suitable Facilities for the Performance of Surgical Abortions
SL 2023-14 2023 0014 S20 S 0020 Care for Women, Children, and Families Act - Part III.: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection
SL 2023-14 2023 0014 S20 S 0020 Care for Women, Children, and Families Act - Part IV.: Reforms to Reduce Infant and Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Increase Access to Contraceptives
SL 2023-14 2023 0014 S20 S 0020 Care for Women, Children, and Families Act - Part VI.: Child Permanency, Safe Surrender of Infants, Foster Care, Adoption, and Support for New Mothers
SL 2023-14 2023 0014 S20 S 0020 Care for Women, Children, and Families Act - Part VII.: Expanding Access to Child Care
SL 2023-83 2023 0083 S45 S 0045 Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor Supervision Requirements.
SL 2023-106 2023 0106 S49 S 0049 Parents' Bill of Rights.
SL 2023-3 2023 0003 S115 S 0115 Repurpose R.J. Blackley Center as Psychiatric Hospital.
SL 2023-15 2023 0015 S206 S 0206 Controlled Substances/Opioid/Vaccine/At Home Omnibus.
SL 2023-150 2023 0150 S274 S 0274 Senior Care Options.
SL 2023-40 2023 0040 S291 S 0291 Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) - Star Rating System Reform.
SL 2023-79 2023 0079 S389 S 0389 Parent Consent to Donate Blood/Midwifery Technical Corrections.
SL 2023-84 2023 0084 S507 S 0507 Chiropractic Preceptorship Modifications.
SL 2023-87 2023 0087 S722 S 0722 Child Care Flexibilities.