Bill Summary for H 141 (2019-2020)

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Feb 20 2019

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View NCGA Bill Details2019-2020 Session
House Bill 141 (Public) Filed Wednesday, February 20, 2019
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH SERVICES, TO FUND ONE FULL-TIME SOCIAL RESEARCH SPECIALIST III TO ANALYZE DATA ON INMATE HEALTH CARE, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
Intro. by Horn, Farmer-Butterfield, Lucas, R. Turner.

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Appropriates $82,115 for 2019-20 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety (DPS), Health Services Section, to fund one full-time Social Research Specialist III, or equivalent classification, responsible for combining and analyzing data on inmate health care in order to identify factors that increase inmate health care costs and ways in which DPS can limit those factors. Provides that the Social Research Specialist III reports directly to the Director of the Division of Health Services. Effective July 1, 2019.