House committee substitute makes the following changes to 2nd edition. Effective October 1, 2011, adds new GS 15A-101.1(3a) to define “electronic monitoring,” “electronically monitor,” and “satellite-based monitoring.”
Effective October 1, 2011, adds new GS 14-208.18 to specify that a person subject to a sex offender registration requirement and who is required to wear an electronic monitoring device must wear one that provides exclusion zones around the premises of all elementary and secondary schools in North Carolina.
By October 1, 2011, directs the Department of Correction to replace the electronic monitoring service and equipment currently being used with a provider that offers electronic monitoring equipment and service that provides exclusion zones around the premises of every elementary and secondary school in the state to protect children from sex offenders for whom it is unlawful to knowingly be on the premises of elementary and secondary schools.
Effective October 1, 2011, directs the Department of Correction to report to the Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control, and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee by June 1, 2012, regarding the implementation of the new electronic monitoring service and equipment.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Amends proposed GS 15A-145.4 to include a felony offense in which a commercial motor vehicle was used in the commission of the offense as a nonviolent felony for the purposes of the statute.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Deletes all provisions in the previous edition and replaces them with AN ACT TO CHANGE THE CANDIDATE FILING PERIOD FOR THE STANLY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE STANLY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM NINE TO SEVEN MEMBERS AND PROVIDE THAT ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE ELECTED AT-LARGE, TO PROVIDE FOR SELECTION OF ALL VOTING MEMBERS OF THE STANLY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, TO ELIMINATE PARTISAN APPOINTMENTS FROM THE STANLY COUNTY BOARD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE STANLY COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, RELATING TO VACANCIES IN THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF OF STANLY COUNTY.
Directs candidates for the Stanly County Board of Education to file notice of candidacy no earlier than the first Monday in July, with certain exceptions, and no later than 12:00 noon on the fourth Friday in July preceding the general election. Provides that, effective the first Monday in December of 2012, the Stanly County Board of Education consists of seven members (previously nine). Provides that in 2012, and quadrennially thereafter, three members of the Stanly County Board of Education will be elected at-large for four-year terms. Provides that in 2014, and quadrennially thereafter, four members of the Stanly County Board of Education will be elected at-large for four-year terms.
Provides that 12 of the 13 trustees of the Stanly Community College will be elected by the Stanly County Board of Commissioners as detailed. The president of the student government or the chairman of the executive board of the student body of Stanly Community College is an ex officio nonvoting member of the board of trustees.
Amends Section 2 and Section 3 of SL 1961-141, as amended, to delete provisions concerning appointment of members based on political affiliation.
Amends GS 163-30, applying to Stanly County only, to direct the State Board of Elections to appoint to the board of elections two from the list of three candidates submitted by the political party having the greatest number of registered voters in the county and one from the list of three submitted by the political party having the second greatest number of registered voters in the county.
Amends GS 162-5.1 to remove Stanly County as a county to which the statute, concerning the filling of certain vacancies, applies. Provides that vacancies in the office of Sheriff of Stanly County be filled in accordance with GS 162-5.

Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Amends proposed GS 90-731(b) to delete language that recognizes that many therapies used by naturopathic doctors are not the exclusive privilege of naturopathic doctors.
Amends proposed new GS 90-732 to (1) eliminate the administration or provision of counseling services from the definition of naturopathic medicine and (2) specify that certain laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging that should be conducted and interpreted by a physician is not part of the practice of naturopathic medicine.
Amends proposed new GS 90-733 to (1) delete colon hydrotherapy, musculoskeletal manipulation, and other Board-approved therapies, modalities, procedures, and remedies for which the licensee has been trained and educated from the list of therapies, modalities, procedures, and remedies that constitute the practice of naturopathic medicine and (2) make a technical change.
Makes technical and clarifying changes to proposed GS 90-734.
Amends proposed new GS 90-735 to specify that no member may serve on the North Carolina Naturopathic Doctors Licensing Board for more than two consecutive terms.
Amends proposed GS 90-736 to eliminate the following proposed powers and duties of the North Carolina Naturopathic Doctors Licensing Board: (1) recommending and advocating for the establishment of one or more approved programs of naturopathic medicine in this state and (2) developing and implementing a plan for instituting a naturopathic doctor residency program no later than July 1, 2013. Also amends proposed GS 90-736 to add investigating persons engaging in practices which violate the provisions of Article 43 to the proposed powers and duties of the North Carolina Naturopathic Doctors Licensing Board.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to 2nd edition. Amends proposed new GS 108C-2 to modify the definitions of managing employee and owner and/or operator to conform with federal regulations.
Amends proposed new GS 108C-3(d), (f), and (h) to specify that when the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) designates a provider as a “limited,” “moderate,” or “high” categorical level of risk, the NCDHHS must conduct the screening functions required by federal law.
Amends proposed GS 108C-3(e) to add personal care services or in-home care services to the list of provider types that are designated as moderate categorical risk.
Amends proposed GS 108C-3(g) to specify that prospective (newly enrolling) agencies providing personal care services or in-home care services are designated as high categorical risk.
Amends proposed GS 108C-5(n)(4) to make a clarifying change.
Amends proposed GS 108C-9 to delete provision specifying that the approval or acceptance of a Medicaid administrative participation or enrollment agreement by NCDHHS that grants Medicaid billing privileges or allows a provider to furnish services in accordance with federal regulations requires compliance by the provider and the NCDHHS with the terms of the Medicaid administrative participation or enrollment agreement.
Effective January 1, 2012, amends GS 108-54.2 to (1) direct the NCDHHS to adopt rules to develop, amend, and adopt medical coverage policy in accordance with the statutory requirements; and (2) to define a medical coverage policy.
Amends GS 108A-54 to authorize the NCDHHS to adopt temporary and permanent rules to implement or define the federal laws and regulations, the North Carolina State Plan of Medical Assistance, and the North Carolina State Plan of the Health Insurance Program for Children, the terms and conditions of eligibility for applicants and recipients of the Medical Assistance Program and the Health Insurance Program for Children, audits and program integrity, the services, goods, supplies, or merchandise made available to recipients of the Medical Assistance Program and the Health Insurance Program for Children, and reimbursement for the services, goods, supplies, or merchandise made available to recipients of the Medical Assistance Program and the Health Insurance Program for Children. Makes other clarifying changes.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to 3rd edition. Amends proposed GS 90-85.36(a)(15) to add business associates, as described in 45 CFR §160.103, to those persons and entities to whom prescription orders may be disclosed. Makes other clarifying changes.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to 3rd edition.
Amends GS 115D-89, making technical changes to correct references to the State Board of Proprietary Schools.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to 2nd edition.
Clarifies that the school does not have to provide the classroom placement for multiple birth siblings requested by the parent when a student is removed from a classroom under the student discipline policies of the school administrative unit.

Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Effective August 1, 2011, amends GS 20-7(s) to clarify that when a person in the United States for a limited time is issued a driver’s license of limited duration, such license must bear a distinguishing mark or other designation on the face of the license clearly denoting the limited duration of the license.
Effective December 1, 2011, amends GS 20-51(6) to add livestock, live poultry, animal waste, herbicides, fungicides, and seeds to the list of items that, when transported by farmers under certain circumstances, exempt the trailer or semitrailer on which they are transported from requirements of registration and certificate of title.
Effective December 1, 2011, adds new GS 20-51(17) to exempt a header trailer when transported to or from a dealer, or after a sale or repairs, to the farm or another dealership, from the registration and certificate of title requirements.
Effective December 1, 2011, adds new subsection GS 20-88(m) to provide that any vehicle weighing more than the limits in GS 20-118(b), as authorized by certain exceptions set out in GS 20-118(c), must be registered for the maximum weight allowed for that vehicle’s axle configuration, or be subject to the penalties set out in GS 20-118(e). Makes conforming changes throughout GS 20-118.
Effective December 1, 2011, amends GS 20-118(c) to include within the exceptions to the maximum weight allowed on light-traffic roads live poultry transported from a farm to a processing plant or market (was, first market); and water, fertilizer, herbicides, fungicides, seeds, fuel, and animal waste transported to or from a farm by a farm vehicle. Makes other clarifying changes.
Effective December 1, 2011, adds new GS 20-118(c)(17) to specify that GS 20-118(b) and GS 20-118(e) do not apply to a vehicle that meets certain specified requirements.
Effective December 1, 2011, amends GS 20-127 to (1) specify that a window of a vehicle that is operated on a public street or highway and which is subject to the provisions of Part 393 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations must comply with the window tinting restrictions and (2) delete certain exceptions to the window tinting restrictions.
Effective December 1, 2011, adds new GS 20-137.4A(a1) to provide that it is unlawful for any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle subject to Parts 390 or 392 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations on a public street or highway or public vehicular area while using a mobile telephone or other electronic device in violation of those Parts. Specifies that the use of hands-free technology is not prohibited.
Amends GS 20-166.1(i) to specify that the report of an accident is a public record within the meaning of GS 132-1, but may not be released to any person making a request unless and until personal identifying information has been redacted from the report in compliance with federal law. Directs the Division of Motor Vehicles to provide a certified copy of an accident report to any person entitled to a copy and who pays the required fee.
Amends GS 20-383 to also allow designated personnel of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety to enforce the provisions of Article 17 of GS Chapter 20 and the provisions of GS Chapter 62 that are applicable to motor transportation.
Amends GS 136-89.213 to direct the Turnpike Authority to maintain the confidentiality of all information relating to electronic toll collection. Authorizes the account holder to examine his own account information. Also authorizes the Turnpike Authority to use the account information for purposes of collecting and enforcing tolls. Also authorizes a party, by authority of a proper court order, to inspect and examine confidential account information.
Amends GS 20-118(c), as amended by Section 1 of SL 2011-71, to provide that GS 20-118(b) and GS 20-118(e) do not apply to a vehicle or vehicle combination that meets certain specified requirements.
Provides that, notwithstanding 19A NCAC 02D.0607(e)(3), the Department of Transportation may permit sealed ship containers as non-divisible loads as allowed by Federal Highway Administration policy. Specifies that all Department of Transportation permitting rules that apply to other non-divisible loads apply to sealed ship containers.
Directs the Department of Transportation to initiate the process to conform the North Carolina Administrative Code to this act.
Prohibits the Department of Transportation from expending any funds to erect, construct, build, or otherwise place a median, barrier, or other construct on a specified portion of US Highway 70 that in any way limits, reduces, blocks, or by any other means reduces the current level of ingress and egress to businesses located on that portion of US Highway 70 which are currently accessible from US Highway 70.
Prohibits the Department of Transportation from expending any funds to erect, construct, build, or otherwise place a median, barrier, or other construct on a specified portion of US Highway 64 that in any way limits, reduces, blocks, or by any other means reduces the current level of ingress and egress to businesses located on that portion of US Highway 64.
Prohibits the Department of Transportation from expending any funds to erect, construct, build, or otherwise place a median, barrier, or other construct on a specified portion of Falls of Neuse Road that in any way limits, reduces, blocks, or by any other means reduces the current level of ingress and egress to businesses located on that portion of Falls of Neuse Road.
Makes conforming changes to title. Makes other conforming changes.