Titles the act "The Hands Free NC Act."
Repeals GS 20-137.3 (pertaining to unlawful use of a mobile phone while operating a vehicle by persons under 18 years of age), GS 20-137.4 (pertaining to unlawful use of a mobile phone while operating a school bus), and GS 20-137.4A (pertaining to unlawful use of mobile telephone for text messaging or electronic mail while operating a vehicle).
Enacts new GS 20-137.3A as follows. Defines motor vehicle as every vehicle which is self-propelled. Prohibits operating a motor vehicle (1) with a wireless communication device in the person's hand, (2) while holding or supporting a wireless communication device with the person's body, (3) while watching a video or movie or communicating by video on a wireless communication device, or (4) while texting on a wireless communication device. Defines wireless communication device as (1) a cell phone, personal digital assistant, electronic device with mobile data access, laptop computer, pager, smartwatch, broadband personal communication device, two-way messaging device, electronic game, and portable computing device or (2) a device through which personal wireless services as defined in 47 32 USC 332(c)(7)(C)(i) are transmitted. Defines operating a motor vehicle as operating a motor vehicle on a public street, highway, or public vehicular area, excluding where vehicle is off, or to the side of, a public street, highway, or public vehicular area in a location where the motor vehicle can safely remain stationary. Sets out exceptions to the prohibition when (1) the device is affixed, mounted, or installed in the vehicle and used to handle a call by touching a single button if the person is 18 years or older or used to follow an electronic navigation system when the address information is entered before operation of the vehicle; (2) the device is used to communicate an emergency to one of the specified public safety entities; or (3) the device is used in the performance of official duties by one of four specified classes of public safety officers. First offenses (for a person with no prior or no offense in the prior 36 months) are an infraction punishable by a $100 fee with no insurance points. Second offenses (where a person is guilty of a first offense within the previous 36 months) are an infraction with a $150 fine and insurance points. Third and subsequent offenses (where a person is guilty of two or more offenses within the previous 36 months) are an infraction with a $200 fine and insurance points. Prohibits local governments from passing ordinances regulating this topic.
Amends GS 58-36-75 to require the North Carolina Rate Bureau to assign one insurance point under the Safe Drive Incentive plan for a person convicted for a second offense and two insurance points for a person convicted for a third or subsequent offense.
Applies to offenses committed on or after January 1, 2020. Requires issuing only warning tickets for the first six months.
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Amends GS 115C-83.15 concerning the calculation of the overall school performance scores and grades by modifying the grade scale as follows. Makes school performance scores of at least (1) 85 points (was, 90) equivalent to an A; (2) 70 points (was, 80) equivalent to a B; (3) 55 points (was, 70) equivalent a C; (4) 40 points (was, 60) equivalent to a D; and (5) less than 40 points (was, 60) equivalent to a F. Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
| Intro. by Harris, Autry, Lofton, Clark. | GS 115C |
Current law, GS 95-25.3(a), sets the minimum wage that every employer must pay to each employee who performs any work during any workweek at the higher of $6.15 per hour or the minimum wage set forth in 29 USC 206(a)(1) (the Fair Labor Standards Act, which may change with time), except as otherwise provided in the statute.
This act increases the state's minimum wage in the five phases. Effective January 1, 2020, sets the minimum wage at the higher of $8.80 per hour or the minimum wage set forth in 29 USC 206(a)(1). Effective January 1, 2021, sets the minimum wage at the higher of $10.35 per hour or the minimum wage set forth in 29 USC 206(a)(1). Effective January 1, 2022, sets the minimum wage at the higher of $12 per hour or the minimum wage set forth in 29 USC 206(a)(1). Effective January 1, 2023, sets the minimum wage at the higher of $13.50 per hour or the minimum wage set forth in 29 USC 206(a)(1). Effective January 1, 2024, sets the minimum wage at the higher of $15 per hour or the minimum wage set forth in 29 USC 206(a)(1). Directs the Commissioner of Labor to calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate, beginning September 30, 2022, and on each September 30 thereafter, using the Consumer Price Index , CPI-U, or its successor index, as calculated by the US Department of Labor for the 12-month period preceding the previous September 1. Requires each adjusted minimum wage rate calculated to be published on September 30 and take effect on the following January 1.
| Intro. by Farmer-Butterfield, K. Smith. | GS 95 |
As title indicates.
| Intro. by Ross, Howard, Fisher, Conrad. | JOINT RES |
Amends GS 143B-846, as the title indicates.
| Intro. by Pierce. | GS 143B |
Amends GS 115C-379 to require the State Board of Education's rules on excusing absences to require school principals to authorize a minimum of two excused absences each year for religious observance as well as now requiring excusing absences whenever a student is unable to attend class because of a legislative event. Defines legislative event as an event sanctioned by at least one NCGA chamber that a student attends for an educational, civic, or familial purpose, including, but not limited to, service as a legislative page, attendance at the legislative swearing-in ceremony of a parent or grandparent, and attendance at an event in which the student's relative is receiving special recognition by the General Assembly. Also adds and defines parent, relative, and religious observance. Makes conforming and organizational changes.
Amends GS 115C-382.5, concerning student attendance recognition programs, to make students eligible for such programs when the student has an absence due to a religious observance or attending a legislative event.
Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
| Intro. by Lambeth. | GS 115C |
Amends GS 14-27.33, requiring the sentencing court to consider whether a person convicted of sexual battery is a danger to the community and whether requiring the person to register as a sex offender would further the purposes of the Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Programs of Article 27A, GS Chapter 14. Requires the state to provide all appropriate and competent evidence of the person’s danger to the community at sentencing, including, but not limited to, age, criminal record, relationship to victim, and a risk assessment conducted by the Division of Adult Correction. Requires the court to enter an order requiring the person to register under Article 27A if it finds that the person is a danger to the community and must register.
Amends GS 14-202, concerning secretly peeping into a room occupied by another person, to require the state to provide all appropriate and competent evidence of the person’s danger to the community at sentencing, including, but not limited to, age, criminal record, relationship to victim, and a risk assessment conducted by the Division of Adult Correction before the sentencing court may order the convicted individual to be registered.
Makes conforming changes to GS 14-208.6, concerning reportable convictions under Article 27A, to include a final conviction for a violation of GS 14-27.33 if the sentencing court issues an order requiring registration. Further amends the statute, removing sexual battery from the definition of sexually violent offense. Makes further conforming changes, amending GS 50-13.1 to require anyone who has been convicted of sexual battery and ordered to register under Article 27A to disclose the conviction in the pleadings when instituting an action or proceeding for custody ex parte.
Effective December 1, 2019.
Appropriates $1.2 million from the General Fund to the Department of Justice, North Carolina State Crime Lab, for 2019-20 and 2020-21 to fund 12 full-time scientist positions. Effective July 1, 2019.
| Intro. by John, Morey, Rogers. | APPROP |
Directs the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to develop a Code of Conduct for magistrates by July 1, 2020, providing guidance to magistrates regarding standards of professional conduct and timeliness, required duties and responsibilities, methods for ethical decision making, and any other information AOC deems relevant.
Amends GS 7A-146, requiring chief district court judges to designate a chief magistrate in each county to serve an indefinite term at the judge’s pleasure with the derivative authority assigned by the chief district court judge, as specified (currently, chief district court judges are permitted to appoint a chief magistrate of a county). Makes conforming and clarifying changes. Further amends the statue to allow chief district court judges to assign magistrates to temporary duty within the district outside the county of their residence, no longer limiting it to emergency situations. Adds to the duties of chief district court judges investigating complaints against magistrates, authorizing the chief district court judge, upon investigation and written findings of misconduct, to issue a letter of caution, written reprimand, or suspension without pay for no longer than 10 days within one period.
Amends GS 7A-171, changing the term of office for magistrates to terms beginning on the first day of February of the even-numbered year after appointment (was, first day of January of the odd-numbered year). Makes conforming changes to the provisions concerning the appointment of magistrates. Effective December 1, 2019.
Amends GS 7A-173 concerning magistrate suspension, removal and reinstatement, adding a clarifying provision limiting the statute’s scope to suspensions pending removal from office and excluding from its scope disciplinary suspension pursuant to GS 7A-146, as amended. Effective December 1, 2019, and applies to all magistrates appointed on or after January 1, 2020.
| Intro. by John, Rogers, Morey. | GS 7A |
Renames Article 1 of GS Chapter 116B as General. Recodifies GS 116B-1 as GS 116B-2.1 and places it under new Article 1A, Escheats, of GS Chapter 116B. Recodifies GS 116B-2 as GS 116B-2.2 and amends it to make conforming changes. Amends GS 116-3 and GS 29-12 to also makes conforming changes reflecting the new statute numbers.
Enacts new GS 116B-1.1, Stating the state's policy to recover and transfer property to rightful owners in a way that is consistent with the interest of rightful owners. When the rightful owner cannot be determined, states that it is the policy that all benefits realized from any unclaimed or abandoned property accrue to the benefit of higher education.
Amends GS 116B-64 to require that when property is delivered or paid to the Treasurer under GS Chapter 116B (Escheats and Abandoned Property), the Treasurer must hold it without liability for loss, as well as income or gain.
Amends GS 116B-75 by expanding upon the things that the Treasurer can call upon a person required to report, pay, or deliver property under the Chapter (or related specified individuals) to do, to also include producing reports (in addition to records), make the required payments, and make the required delivery of property.
Amends GS 116B-60 to require all abandoned property holders to filed reports electronically (was, only those holders reporting 50 or more property owners' records were required to file the report electronically). Applies to reports filed on or after January 1, 2020.
Amends GS 116B-60 to make exceptions to the requirement that amounts due to an owner may be reported in an aggregate amount without furnishing any of the specified information; those exceptions are for property subject to GS 116B-53(c)(4)(security or other equity interest in a business association, including a security entitlement unclaimed three years after the earlier of specified events), (c)(5) (debt of a business association, including debt evidenced by a matured or called bearer bond or an original issue discount bond, unclaimed three years after the date of an interest or principal payment unclaimed by the apparent owner), and (c)(5a) (any dividend, profit, distribution, interest, redemption, payment on principal, cash compensation held or owing by a business association for or to its shareholder, certificate holder, policyholder, member, bondholder, or other security holder, who has not claimed it, or corresponded in writing with the business association concerning it, within three years after the date prescribed for payment or delivery).
Amends GS 116B-63 by adding that a holder who has in good faith paid or delivered property to the Treasurer in error may request a refund, and allows the Treasurer to issue a refund after the holder has filed a form on proof of the error. Makes additional technical and clarifying changes.
| Intro. by Hurley. | GS 116B |
Disapproves 15A NCAC 18E .0505 (Soil Depth) adopted by the North Carolina Commission for Public Health on August 8, 2018, and approved by the Rules Review Commission on October 18, 2018.
| Intro. by Warren. | UNCODIFIED |
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| Intro. by B. Jackson, Brown, Harrington. | APPROP |
Enacts new GS 163A-1228.1, which enacts the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote (agreement) into law and entered into in on behalf of the State in a form that is substantially as follows.
Allows any state and the District of Columbia to become a member of the agreement by enacting the agreement. Requires each member state to hold a statewide popular election for President and Vice President.
Establishes the process for appointing presidential electors in member states as follows. Before the meeting and voting by the presidential electors, requires the chief election official of each member state to determine the number of votes for each presidential slate in each state and in the District of Columbia in which votes have been cast in a statewide popular election and add those votes together to produce a "national popular vote total" for each presidential slate. The act defines presidential slate as a slate of two persons, the first of whom has been nominated as a candidate for President and the second of whom has been nominated as a candidate for Vice President, or any legal successors to such persons, regardless of whether both names appear on the ballot presented to the voter in a particular state. Requires the chief election official of each member state to designate the presidential slate with the largest national popular vote total as the "national popular vote winner." Requires the presidential elector certifying official of each member state to certify the appointment in that official's own state of the elector slate nominated in that state in association with the national popular vote winner. Requires each member state, at least six days before the meeting and voting by the presidential electors, to make a final determination of the number of popular votes cast in the state for each presidential slate and communicate the determination within 24 hours to the chief election official of each other member state. Requires the chief election official of each member state to treat as conclusive an official statement containing the number of popular votes in a state for each presidential slate made by the day established by federal law for making a state's final determination conclusive as to the counting of electoral votes by Congress. Sets out provisions governing ties, and for when the number of presidential electors nominated in a member state in association with the national popular vote winner is less or greater than that state's number of electoral votes. States that the provisions govern the appointment of presidential electors in each member state in any year in which this agreement is, on July 20, in effect in states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes.
Specifies that the agreement takes effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have enacted this agreement in substantially the same form and the enactments by such states have taken effect in each state. Sets out provisions governing withdrawal from the agreement. Terminates the agreement if the electoral college is abolished. Provides that if any provision of this agreement is held invalid, the remaining provisions are not affected.
Defines the terms chief election official, chief executive, elector slate, presidential elector, presidential elector certifying official, state, and statewide popular election.
Enacts new GS 163A-1228.2, which requires during any election in which the agreement applies that the: (1) State Board of Elections (Board), rather than issuing a certificate of election for presidential electors, instead issue a certificate of the results of the election; also makes the Board responsible for communicating those results to the chief election official of all other member states in the agreement within the specified time. Requires the Board to designate the national popular vote winner and provide a copy to the Secretary of State; (2) reference to GS 163A‑1228.1 (Names of presidential electors not printed on ballots; notification) in GS 163A‑700(c) (establishing the date for the election of President and Vice-President) be read as new GS 163A‑1228.1; and (3) Governor, instead of proclaiming elected under GS 163A‑1229 those presidential electors receiving the most votes as stated in the abstracts of the Board, must instead certify the appointment of the elector slate nominated in this State in association with the national popular vote winner, as provided under GS 163A‑1228.1.
| Intro. by Nickel, Chaudhuri, Waddell. | GS 163A |
Enacts new GS 20-43.3 to allow the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to collect and maintain motor carrier or commercial motor vehicle data in a manner that complies with the information system established by the US Secretary of Transportation.
Amends GS 20-54 by requiring the DMV to deny registration of a vehicle of a motor carrier if the applicant fails to disclose material information required; if the applicant has made a materially false statement on the application; if the applicant has applied as a subterfuge for the real party in interest who has been issued a Federal out-of-service order; or if the applicant's business is operated, managed, or otherwise controlled or affiliated with a person who is ineligible for registration. Also requires denying registration for a vehicle that has been assigned for safety to a commercial motor carrier who has been prohibited from operating by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or a carrier whose business is operated, managed, or otherwise controlled or affiliated with a person who is ineligible for registration. Previously, required the DMV to refuse registration or issuance of a certificate of title or any transfer of registration when the applicant motor carrier is subject to an order issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the DMV to cease all operations based on a finding that the continued operations of the motor carrier pose an imminent hazard. Makes the same changes to the requirements of GS 20-110 concerning cancelling and rescinding registration of a vehicle of a motor carrier.
Makes conforming changes to GS 20-381.
Effective 90 days after the act becomes law.
| Intro. by J. Jackson, J. Davis, Britt. | GS 20 |
Amends GS 90-96.2(c), which provides overdose victims with a limited immunity from prosecution for possession of a controlled substance or possession of drug paraphernalia. Amends the immunity to clarify that it applies to the individual who experienced the overdose if all of the specified requirements for good samaritan immunity are met by the person who sought medical assistance, including when the person is the one who experienced the overdose. Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2019.
| Intro. by J. Jackson, J. Davis, Britt. | GS 90 |
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| Intro. by Harrington, B. Jackson, Brown. | APPROP |
Appropriates $1 million in nonrecurring funds for 2019-20 from the General Fund to the City of Greensboro to be used as title indicates. Effective July 1, 2019.
Enacts new GS 143-254.10, as the title indicates. Sets the annual payment at $2 per acre. Sets out requirements for the payment schedule and how to calculate the per county distribution of funds.
| Intro. by McInnis. | GS 143 |
Amends GS 20-19, which contains provisions relating to the suspension, revocation and restoration of drivers licenses, by adding a new subsection to provide for the conditional restoration of a license following revocation for an impaired driving offense. Allows the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to conditionally restore a person's license after one year of revocation for an impaired driving offense, sentenced under GS 20-179, if the person meets three conditions. The person must provide the DMV (1) a certificate of graduation from a Drug Treatment or Driving While Impaired Treatment Court Program, (2) a letter of recommendation from the presiding judge of the Drug Treatment or DWI Treatment Court, and (3) a fee of $25, in addition to other applicable fees. Requires the DMV to deposit the $25 fee in the Highway Fund.
Directs the DMV to place three specific restrictions and requirements on a person's license restored under this subsection for the duration of the original revocation period: (1) a requirement that all vehicles registered to that person be equipped with a functioning ignition interlock system, (2) a restriction that the person may only operate a vehicle equipped with a functioning ignition interlock system that is set to prohibit driving with an alcohol concentration of greater than 0.00, and (3) a requirement that the person personally activate the ignition interlock system before driving the vehicle. Allows the DMV to place other reasonable restrictions, requirements, and conditions on the person for the duration of the original revocation period.
Effective December 1, 2019.
| Intro. by J. Davis, Van Duyn. | GS 20 |
Amends GS 20-7 by adding that application forms to the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for an identification card, learners permit, or drivers license must include the option for the application to provide emergency contact information. Requires DMV to develop a system for adding and updating that information. Contact information is not considered a public record. Allows DMV in the event of an emergency to make customer emergency contact information available to a law enforcement officer who, in exercising the officer's official duties, needs help reaching an emergency contact. Provides the DMV and law enforcement officers with liability from civil or criminal liability, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, in connection with maintaining and using the emergency contact information. Effective July 1, 2020.
| Intro. by J. Davis. | GS 20 |
Amends GS 115C-83.15(d) to increase the weight of the school growth score in calculating the total school performance scores used to determine school performance grades. Establishes the school growth score and the school achievement score each account for 50% of the total school performance score (currently, the school achievement score accounts for 80% and the school growth score accounts for 20%). Modifies the grade scale as follows. Makes school performance scores of at least (1) 85 points (was, 90) equivalent to an A; (2) 70 points (was, 80) equivalent to a B; (3) 55 points (was, 70) equivalent a C; (4) 40 points (was, 60) equivalent to a D; and (5) less than 40 points (was, 60) equivalent to a F. Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
| Intro. by Waddell, Mohammed, Peterson. | GS 115C |
Identical to H 108, filed 2/19/19.
Amends GS 162-39 concerning the transfer of county jail prisoners for safety and security.
Adds new requirement for the Department of Public Safety (DPS), Health Services Section (HSS), to maintain records of prisoners transferred to a State prison from a county jail pursuant to the statute, utilizing unique identifiers for each transfer and recording data as specified. Modifies the county’s current duty to reimburse the state for transferred prisoners for the cost of maintaining the prisoner and the cost of extraordinary medical care incurred while in the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice (Division) custody, to now require the county to pay the Division for the costs of maintaining the prisoner and the costs of medical care (was, extraordinary medical care) incurred while in the Division’s custody. Adds to the defined costs for State reimbursement to include (1) transportation and custody costs associated with the transfer of prisoners receiving health care outside of the prison facility and (2) cost of sick call encounters at the rate charged to State prison inmates. Adds that the county must reimburse the State for services provided to transferred prisoners at the mileage reimbursement rate and hourly custody rate that are reimbursed by the Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program.
Limits a safekeeping order transferring a prisoner to a unit of the State prison system to an initial period not to exceed fifteen days (currently, there is no such limitation). Adds that a sheriff seeking to extend the order beyond the initial fifteen-day period must request the Division to conduct an assessment of treatment and venue needs, to be conducted as specified, and provide the assessment to the court to determine whether to extend the transfer beyond the initial period. Makes conforming changes.
Prohibits the DPS Secretary from accepting a safekeeper for medical or mental health treatment from a county that: (1) has failed to pay DPS for services rendered pursuant to the statute for 120 days or more or (2) does not participate in the Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program by receiving misdemeanants for housing (excluding counties determined to be filled to capacity pursuant to GS 148-32.1(b4)).
Makes a county liable to the State for an additional per day, per inmate rate not exceeding $20 per day for each day a sheriff fails to assume custody of a county prisoner from a State prison facility after five days of receiving notification and request for transfer from DPS pursuant to new GS 149-19.3(a) (in addition to the actual transport and maintenance costs per day, per inmate). Authorizes the HSS chief to waive up to ten days of the additional per day rate if the sheriff provides documentation of extenuating circumstances.
Makes organizational and technical changes. Makes language gender neutral.
Enacts GS 149-19.3, requiring DPS to determine Medicaid eligibility and ensure applications are completed and submitted for county prisoners housed in the State prison system pursuant to safekeeping orders under GS 162-39. Requires documentation and presentation of nonreimbursed charges for health care services to the county for payment pursuant to GS 162-39. Requires DPS to notify the sheriff or the sheriff’s designee by phone or email and request transfer to county custody upon the expiration of the order’s terms and a safety determination. Further requires DPS to annually update the medical services schedule of charges assessed to counties for the provision of health care services to county prisoners housed in the State prison system pursuant to safekeeping orders, considering the actual rate for services provided and the current established Medicaid rates. Directs DPS to assess charges to counties for health care services provided to county prisoners at all State prison facilities. Directs DPS to submit a report on the updated schedule to the specified NCGA Committee on or before December 1, 2019.
Effective July 1, 2019.
Identical to H 106, 2/19/19.
Directs the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to develop a plan to increase the use of Central Prison Healthcare Complex (CPHC) in order to contain medical costs for inmates as required by GS 143B-707.3(b) (concerning DPS reimbursement of providers and facilities providing medical services to inmates and juvenile offenders outside the facility). Specifies required components of the plan and requires DPS to submit the plan by December 1, 2019, to the specified NCGA Committee. Also requires DPS to submit progress reports regarding cost savings and increased usage of the health service facilities at CPHC and the NC Correctional Institution for Women (NCCIW).
Additionally directs DPS to identify and eliminate lapsed salary positions used to fund inmate health care services for 2016-17, and transfer the salary funds to a DPS, Health Services Section (HSS) budget code. Further requires DPS to reflect all expenditures for inmate health care services in a DPS, HSS budget code, and develop accounting mechanisms for inmate health care expenditures at the prison facility level. Requires the above described information to be included in DPS’s plan to increase the use of the CPHC.
Amends GS 143B-707.3. Requires DPS to reimburse the lesser amount of either a rate of 70% of the then-current prevailing charge or 100% of (was, two times) the then-current Medicaid rate for any given service, beginning July 1, 2019. Adds new requirement for DPS to reimburse providers identified as necessary to ensure continued access to care the lesser amount of either a rate of 70% of the provider’s then-current prevailing charge or 200% of the then-current Medicaid rate for any given service. Adds further requirement for any contract extensions for medical services provided to inmates by contracted providers and facilities to include the specified reimbursement rates. Requires DPS, HSS to develop an electronic supply inventory management system, meeting the minimum requirements described. Adds the reimbursement rate for contracted providers to the data included in the quarterly report. Makes the statute applicable to vendors that are not billed on a fee-for-service basis.
Enacts GS 143B-707.5, directing DPS and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to work together to enable social workers in DPS, HSS to qualify and receive federal reimbursement for performing Medicaid eligibility activities for inmates. Requires DPS, HSS to develop policies and procedures to account for time social workers spend on Medicaid eligibility for inmates. Also requires all DPS, HSS staff who perform activities related to Medicaid eligibility to receive eligibility determination training provided by DHHS at least quarterly. Requires DPS, HSS to require social workers enter specified data when performing Medicaid eligibility activities for inmates. Adds monthly reporting requirements to the DPS, HSS Director for the social workers. Requires each DPS, HSS social worker to submit Medicaid applications and any supporting documents electronically, unless federal law requires paper copies, beginning October 1, 2019. Requires DPS and DHHS to jointly report to the specified NCGA Committee by October 1, 2019, and quarterly thereafter until full implementation, and requires DHHS to report to the specified NCGA Committee on the implementation of the documentation of criteria for Medicaid application submissions by October 1, 2019.
Directs DPS, HSS and the Office of State Human Resources to study the salaries of all in-prison health services employees to determine necessary adjustments to increase new hire and existing salaries to market rates. Further directs DPS to establish a vacancy rate benchmark for each correctional facility and create a plan to reduce vacancy rates, including considering the seven identified initiatives. Requires DPS to establish methods to measure effectiveness of the initiatives to reduce vacancy rates and estimate budgetary impact and anticipated savings, and submit its findings by February 1, 2020, to the specified NCGA Committee.
Directs DPS, HSS to establish performance measures for its current telemedicine pilot program to inform a business case for potential expansion of the pilot program and propose an implementation plan to expand the use of telemedicine with accompanying cost savings. Requires DPS, HSS to report by April 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, on its business case for telemedicine to the specified NCGA Committee. Prohibits DPS, HSS from expanding the pilot program until the results of the current pilot program can be demonstrated and reported to the General Assembly.
Effective July 1, 2019.
| Intro. by B. Jackson, Sanderson, Foushee. | GS 143B |
Amends GS 115C-12 as the title indicates. Makes conforming changes to GS 115C-218.90. Applies to individuals employed by a local school administrative unit or a charter school on or after the date that the act becomes law.
| Intro. by Sanderson. | GS 115C |
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Under current law, GS 115C-84.2(d) sets the parameters within which local boards of education must determine the opening and closing dates of public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this statute. Amends GS 115C-84.2(d) to provide the local boards of education for the Hoke County Schools with additional flexibility in adopting their school calendars. Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
| Intro. by Pierce. | Hoke |
Under current law, GS 115C-84.2(d) sets the parameters within which local boards of education must determine the opening and closing dates of public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this statute. Amends GS 115C-84.2(d) to provide the local boards of education for the Scotland County Schools with additional flexibility in adopting their school calendars. Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
| Intro. by Pierce. | Scotland |
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| Intro. by Rabon. | Bladen, Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender |
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Under current law, GS 115C-84.2(d) sets the parameters within which local boards of education must determine the opening and closing dates of public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this statute. Amends GS 115C-84.2(d) to provide the local board of education for the Guilford County Schools with additional flexibility in adopting the school calendars. Requires all first semester exams to be given before winter break. Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
| Intro. by Garrett, Robinson. | Guilford |
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| Intro. by Bishop. | Mecklenburg |
Blank bill.
Under current law, GS 115C-84.2(d) sets the parameters within which local boards of education must determine the opening and closing dates of public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this statute. Amends GS 115C-84.2(d) to provide the local boards of education for the Person County Schools with additional flexibility in adopting their school calendars. Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
| Intro. by Woodard. | Person |
Under current law, GS 115C-84.2(d) sets the parameters within which local boards of education must determine the opening and closing dates of public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this statute. Amends GS 115C-84.2(d) to provide the local boards of education for the Granville County Schools with additional flexibility in adopting their school calendars. Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
| Intro. by Woodard. | Granville |
Actions on Bills: 2019-02-21
H 75: SCHOOL SAFETY FUNDS, PROGRAMS, AND REPORTS. (NEW)
H 113: MCAC AND TAC/FUNDS.
H 114: GROSS PREMIUM TAX/PHPS.
H 117: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY PILOT PROGRAM.
H 118: COVID-19 LIAB. SAFE HARBOR. (NEW)
H 119: FEES TO CERTIFY AS A COMPANY POLICE AGENCY.
H 120: CLARIFY FIRE DISTRICT FUNDING ELIGIBILITY.
H 121: EXPUNCTION RELATED TO RTA/NO CONVICTION.
H 122: CRIMINAL INFORMATION NETWORK/REVISE FEE.
H 123: RAISE VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION FEE.
H 124: SMART START FUNDS.
H 125: GSC REVISED UNIFORM ATHLETE AGENTS ACT.
H 126: PAY INCREASES/STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. (NEW)
H 127: AG DISASTER FUND/CERTAIN COUNTIES.
H 128: HIGH ACHIEVING TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS.
H 129: POWELL BILL/USE FOR PARKS.
H 130: ALLOW GAME NIGHTS.
H 131: REPEAL MAP ACT.
H 132: DISMISSAL OR NOT GUILTY/AUTOMATIC EXPUNCTION.
H 133: VETERANS/HEALTH CARE/PILOT PROGRAM.
H 135: ENJOIN SANCTUARY ORDINANCES (NEW).
H 136: CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT LAPSE/REVISE LAW.
H 144: HANDS FREE NC.
H 145: 15-POINT SCALE FOR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE GRADES.
H 146: LIVING WAGE BY 2024.
H 147: CONFIRM RAYMOND GRACE/BANKING COMMISSIONER.
H 150: ALLOW DESIGNEE FOR A POLICE CHIEF/JCPC.
H 151: KATELYN'S LAW.
H 152: REGISTRATION DISCRETIONARY FOR SEXUAL BATTERY.
H 153: SBI FUNDS.
H 154: CONDUCT CODE AND DISCIPLINE FOR MAGISTRATES.
H 155: UNCLAIMED PROPERTY CHANGES.-AB
H 156: SWAIN COUNTY SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND. (NEW)
S 5: SCHOOL SAFETY OMNIBUS. (NEW)
S 11: ABC REGULATION AND REFORM.
S 29: MOVE OVER LAW/INCREASE PENALTIES/AMBER LIGHTS. (NEW)
S 56: REVENUE LAWS TECHNICAL CHANGES.
S 61: COMMUNITY COLLEGES BUDGET/2019-2021 BIENNIUM. (NEW)
S 66: ALLOW GAME NIGHTS.
S 68: RELOCATION OF WATER/SEWER LINE COSTS.
S 75: RESTORE CT. OF APPEALS MEMBERSHIP.
S 76: SENATE BOG ELECTIONS.
S 77: AG DISASTER FUND/CERTAIN COUNTIES.
S 78: TRANSFER ALE.
S 82: DISMISSAL OR NOT GUILTY/AUTOMATIC EXPUNCTION.
S 86: SMALL BUSINESS HEALTHCARE ACT.
S 95: VETERANS MEMORIAL FUNDS/DO NOT REVERT.
S 101: PED OVERSIGHT/EPP CHANGES.
S 102: INTERNATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM FUNDS.
S 103: 2019 APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
S 104: NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE INTERSTATE COMPACT.
S 105: CLARIFY EMERGENCY POWERS. (NEW)
S 106: CLARIFY LIMITED IMMUNITY/OVERDOSE VICTIMS.
S 109: 2019 APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
S 110: HOUSING RECOVERY/RESTORE GREENSBORO FUNDS.
S 111: SANDHILLS GAME LAND PILT.
S 112: DL RESTORATION/DWI TREATMENT COURT.
S 113: EDUCATION OMNIBUS. (NEW)
S 117: MODIFY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORES & GRADES.
S 118: PRISON SAFETY/TANF STATE PLAN/CLARIFICATIONS. (NEW)
S 119: PED/INMATE HEALTH CARE REIMBURSEMENT.
S 123: GEO ISO SCH/TRANSP EFF BUFF/CURRITUCK CTY SCH. (NEW)
Actions on Bills: 2019-02-21
H 6: BURLINGTON AIRPORT/LEASE/CONTRACT AUTHORITY.
H 9: BESSEMER CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT.
H 15: LEXINGTON/DISSOLVE UTILITIES COMMISSION.
H 115: EVEN-YR. ELECTIONS/TOWN OF BILTMORE FOREST.
H 116: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEX/CERTAIN SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
H 134: FILLING VACANCY/ONSLOW COUNTY BOARD OF COMM.
H 137: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY/CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
H 148: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY/HOKE COUNTY.
H 149: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY/SCOTLAND COUNTY.
S 80: CHINA GROVE SATELLITE ANNEXATION. (NEW)
S 96: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY/CLEVELAND COUNTY.
S 97: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY/CHATHAM COUNTY.
S 98: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEX/CERTAIN SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
S 99: ALLOW DURHAM PUBLIC SCHLS TO PROVIDE HOUSING.
S 100: 34TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT LOCAL ACT-1.
S 107: 8TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT LOCAL ACT-1.
S 108: 2ND SENATORIAL DISTRICT LOCAL ACT-1.
S 114: 50TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT LOCAL ACT-1.
S 115: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY/GUILFORD COUNTY.
S 116: 39TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT LOCAL ACT-1.
S 120: 22ND SENATORIAL DISTRICT LOCAL ACT-1.
S 121: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY/PERSON COUNTY.
S 122: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY/GRANVILLE COUNTY.
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