Bill Summary for H 858 (2023-2024)

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Apr 25 2023

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 858 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 25, 2023
AN ACT TO AID IN THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE.
Intro. by Cunningham, Hardister, Carney, Hawkins.

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Contains whereas clauses. Appropriates from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services (DMH), $500,000 in recurring funds for each year of the 2023-25 fiscal biennium to be used to establish a grant program that allows an owner, proprietor, local government, or person in control of a garage that has a vertical height above three stories, or 30 feet, to apply for funds to be used to purchase signage providing information on suicide prevention. Directs DMH to develop and post on its website a grant application and design suggestions for signage. Effective July 1, 2023.