House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.

Part V.

Makes organizational changes and revises the content of the Part as follows.

Amends GS 7B-101 to expand the term neglected juvenile, applicable to Subchapter I (Abuse, Neglect, Dependency) to include a juvenile under 18 whose parent, guardian, or custodian has refused to follow the recommendations of the Juvenile and Family Team made pursuant to Article 27A of the Chapter, as amended.

Eliminates the addition of the new defined terms child consultation and consultation complaint in GS 7B-1501, applicable to Subchapter II (Undisciplined and Delinquent Juveniles). Instead, adds and defines juvenile consultation as the provision of services to a vulnerable juvenile and to the parent, guardian, or custodian of a vulnerable juvenile pursuant to GS 7B-1706.1; specifies that juvenile consultation cases are subject to the confidentiality provisions of Subchapter III (Juvenile Records). Adds and defines vulnerable juvenile as any juvenile who, while less than 10 but at least 6 years of age, commits a crime or infraction under State law or under an ordinance of local government, including violation of motor vehicle laws, and is not a delinquent juvenile. Expands the term delinquent juvenile to include (1) any juvenile who, while less than 10 but at least 8 years of age, commits a Class A, B1, B2, C, D, E, F, or G felony under State law and (2) any juvenile who, while less than 10 but at least 8 years of age, commits a crime or an infraction under State law or under ordinance of a local government, including violation of the motor vehicle laws, and has been previously adjudicated delinquent. Maintains the revisions to the terms delinquent juvenile and undisciplined juvenile to include juveniles at least 10 years old (previously, included juveniles at least 6 years old), subject to the new criteria.

Adds to and revises the proposed changes to Article 17 of GS Chapter 7B, which governs the screening of delinquency and undisciplined complaints, as follows. Amends GS 7B-1700 to require the chief court counselor to establish intake services in each judicial district for all complaints against vulnerable juveniles, and expands the purpose of intake services to include obtaining assistance from community resources when court referral is not allowed. 

Replaces the proposed changes to GS 7B-1701, expanding the preliminary inquiry responsibilities of the juvenile court counselor upon receiving a complaint against a juvenile who is less than 10 to include making a preliminary determination as to whether the juvenile is a vulnerable juvenile or is within the jurisdiction of the court as a delinquent juvenile, by which the existing preliminary procedures applicable to delinquent juveniles apply. Otherwise, requires the juvenile court counselor who determines the juvenile is a vulnerable juvenile to handle the complaint as a juvenile consultation. Makes further conforming and technical changes to the statute. Makes further conforming changes to GS 7B-1702 (Evaluation), GS 7B-1703 (Evaluation decision), GS 7B-1706 (Diversion plans and referral), and GS 7B-2102 (Fingerprinting and photographing juveniles), to reflect the change to GS 7B-1701 regarding a juvenile court counselor's expanded preliminary determination responsibilities and providing for determinations that a complaint should be handled as a juvenile consultation for a vulnerable juvenile. Eliminates the proposed changes to GS 7B-1703 and instead expands GS 7B-1703 to allow for a juvenile court counselor to determine within the specified time period of a complaint that the complaint should be handled as a juvenile consultation for a vulnerable juvenile or in some other manner authorized by Article 17, as alternatives to filing the complaint as a juvenile petition. Makes notification and destruction requirements applicable to complaints not handled as juvenile petition also applicable to complaints not handled as a juvenile consultation. Requires the juvenile court counselor who determines that a complaint is to be handled as a juvenile consultation to obtain referral information. 

Revises the terminology used in new GS 7B-1706.1 to refer to juvenile consultation services and vulnerable juveniles, replacing the previous terminology referring to child consultation services and child complaints. Eliminates the explicit age limitation for juvenile consultation services. 

Eliminates the proposed changes to GS 7B-1806 (Service of summons) and GS 7B-2513 (Commitment of delinquent juvenile to Division), regarding delinquent and undisciplined juveniles. 

Revises new Article 34A of GS Chapter 7B as follows. Enacts the provisions as Article 27A and makes conforming organizational changes to the proposed statutory sections of the Article. Renames the Article as Authority Over Parents, Guardians, or Custodians of Vulnerable Juveniles Who Are Receiving Juvenile Consultation Services. Changes the terminology used throughout to refer to vulnerable juveniles and juvenile consultation services rather than children under the age of 10 and child consultation services.

Eliminates the addition of the new defined terms child consultation and consultation complaint to GS 143B-805, applicable to Subpart B, Part 3 of Article 13, which governs the Juvenile Justice Section (Section) of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety (Division). Similar to the revisions by the act to GS 7B-1501, applicable to Subchapter II (Undisciplined and Delinquent Juveniles) of GS Chapter 7B, adds the terms juvenile consultation and vulnerable juvenile, and defines the terms to mirror the definition set forth in GS 7B-1501. Additionally, further amends the term delinquent juvenile to expand the term to mirror the changes made under GS Chapter 7B to include (1) any juvenile who, while less than 10 but at least 8 years of age, commits a Class A, B1, B2, C, D, E, F, or G felony under State law and (2) any juvenile who, while less than 10 but at least 8 years of age, commits a crime or an infraction under State law or under ordinance of a local government, including violation of the motor vehicle laws, and has been previously adjudicated delinquent. Maintains the revisions to the terms delinquent juvenile and undisciplined juvenile to include juveniles at least 10 years old (previously, included juveniles at least 6 years old), subject to the new criteria.

Makes conforming changes to the terminology used in the proposed changes to GS 7B-3100 (regarding disclosure of information about juveniles) to provide for the sharing of information related to a case in which a vulnerable juvenile is receiving juvenile consultation services until the juvenile consultation is closed. Similarly, revises the terminology used in the proposed changes to the following statutes in GS Chapter 143B to refer to vulnerable juveniles receiving juvenile consultation services and eliminating references to children under 10 and child consultation services: GS 143B-806 (regarding duties of the Juvenile Justice Section (Section)), GS 143B-811 (regarding the Department of Public Safety's annual evaluation of intensive intervention services), and GS 143B-853 (regarding the Division's annual development of a funding mechanism for programs of the Section). 

Revises the proposed new duties of juvenile court counselors set forth in GS 143B-831, which requires counselors to provide and coordinate multidisciplinary service referrals for the prevention of juvenile delinquency and early intervention for juveniles, to specifically include vulnerable juveniles who are in receipt of juvenile consultation services (previously, specifically included but did not limit the duty to children under the age of 10 in receipt of child consultation services). Changes the proposed reporting requirements under the new subdivision to require juvenile court counselors to report any suspected abuse, neglect, or dependency of a juvenile who is receiving such services to the director of social services pursuant to GS 7B-1700.1 (previously, set forth distinct reporting requirements based on whether the child is under 10 or is a juvenile over 10).

Eliminates the proposed changes to GS 143B-851 that added to the powers and duties of Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils to include biennially reviewing and assessing on an ongoing basis the needs of youth in the county who are under the age of 10 who engage in acts that would constitute juvenile delinquency had they reached the age of 10 or older. 

Adds the following directive. Requires the Section to annually report to the specified NCGA committee, beginning March 1, 2023, on all complaints filed against a juvenile less than 10 but at least 6 years of age. Sets forth required content of the annual reports, including a summary with specified data about all complaints filed and a detailed listing of all complaints filed since the last report with specified information for each complaint with any identifying information removed. 

Part VI.

Makes a clarifying change to proposed GS 7B-2502(a4) concerning the makeup of the care review team assigned by a court following assessment of a juvenile. 

House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 3rd edition. 

Amends and adds to the proposed changes to Article 56A, Pharmacy Benefits Management, of GS Chapter 58 as follows.

Adds to the defined terms: biosimilar and other prescription drug or device services. No longer includes a statutory cross-reference to define pharmacy. Now defines pharmacy services administration organization as an organization that assists community pharmacists and pharmacy benefits managers or third-party payors in achieving administrative efficiencies, including contracting and payment efficiencies. Expands the term pharmacy benefits manager affiliate to include a pharmacy or pharmacist that is under common ownership or control with a pharmacy benefits manager. Makes additional clarifying and technical changes.

Adds a new provision to direct the Commissioner of Insurance to adopt rules establishing the licensing and reporting requirements of pharmacy benefits managers consistent with the Article. 

Expands the Article's provisions regarding consumer protections to prohibit pharmacies and pharmacists from prohibiting, restricting, or penalizing (previously, prohibited penalizing only) pharmacy benefits managers from discussing the insured's cost share of prescription drugs, or selling a lower-priced drug to the insured. Additionally, now prohibits a pharmacy benefits manager from contracting to prohibit or restrict a pharmacy from taking six actions, including (1) offering and providing direct and limited delivery services to an insured as an ancillary service of the pharmacy, (2) disclosing to any insured any health care information that the pharmacy or pharmacist determines is appropriate so long as it is within the pharmacist's scope of practice, (3) discussing information relating to the total costs for pharmacist services for a prescription drug, and (4) selling a more affordable alternative of the prescription drug to the insured if available. Adds a new restriction to prohibit a pharmacy benefits manager from penalizing or retaliating against a pharmacy for any of these six activities. No longer requires the pharmacy or pharmacist to disclose that a shipping and handling fee for mailed or delivered prescriptions is agreed to by the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefits manager. Now prohibits the pharmacy benefits manager from charging or attempting to collect from an insured a copayment that exceeds the lesser of (1) the total submitted charges by the network pharmacy; (2) the contracted copayment amount; or (3) the amount an individual would pay for a prescription drug if that individual was not insured and was paying cash for the prescription drug (was, prohibited from charging or attempting to collect a copayment that exceeds the total submitted charged by the network pharmacy). Adds the following new requirements and restrictions. Adds a new requirement for an insurer to include any amounts paid by the insured or paid on behalf of the insured by another person when calculating an insured's overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or any cost-sharing requirement under a health benefit plan, to the extent allowed under state and federal law. Prohibits a pharmacy benefits manager from causing or knowingly permitting the use of any advertisement, promotion, solicitation, representation, proposal, or offer that is untrue, deceptive, or misleading; knowingly making any misrepresentation; or requiring an insured to use a pharmacy benefits manager affiliate for the filling of a prescription or the provision of any pharmacy care services. Provides that an insured cannot be restricted from using any in-network pharmacy or pharmacist for any prescription drug covered by the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefits manager applicable. Prohibits a pharmacy benefits manager from contracting to prohibit a pharmacy from discussing information relating to the total cost for pharmacist services for a prescription drug, or from selling a more affordable alternative to the insured if a more affordable alternative is available. Lastly, bars a pharmacy benefits manager from prohibiting a pharmacy or pharmacist from sharing proprietary or confidential information. 

Makes the following modifications regarding pharmacy and pharmacist protections. Prohibits charging fees or adjustments for the receipt and processing of a claim or its adjudication without a justification on the remittance advice (was, or as set out in contract and agreed upon by the pharmacy or pharmacist for each adjustment or fee). Qualifies the explicit application of the protections provided for pharmacies and pharmacists to claims under an employee benefits plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to the extent such application is allowed under federal law. Further specifies that a pharmacy or pharmacist cannot be restricted in any way by a pharmacy benefits manager from dispensing any prescription drug allowed under licensure, including dispensing specialty drugs (no longer specifying specialty drugs dispensed by a credentialed and accredited pharmacy). No longer includes the pharmacy or pharmacist's agreement to an adjustment in situations that warrant retroactive denial or reduction of a claim for pharmacist services after adjudication of the claim. Adds the following. Prohibits a pharmacy benefits manager from engaging in the pattern or practice of reimbursing independent pharmacies and pharmacists in the state consistently less than the amount of the National Drug Average Acquisition Cost (NDAAC) or the amount that the pharmacy benefits manager reimburses a pharmacy benefits affiliate for providing the same pharmacist services. Bars pharmacy benefits managers from requiring the use of mail order or a pharmacy benefits manager affiliate for filling prescriptions. 

Adds the following requirements regarding the maximum allowable cost price for prescription drugs. Requires a pharmacy benefits manager to update its maximum allowable cost list for a prescription drug within five calendar days and provide notice to contracted pharmacies within 72 business hours of the update if any of three described circumstances exist, including when (1) at least 60% of the pharmaceutical wholesalers doing business in the state have increased by 10% or more the pharmacy acquisition cost for the drug or (2) there is a change in the method on which the maximum allowable cost is based. Additionally bars a pharmacy benefits manager from engaging in a pattern or practice of reimbursing independent pharmacies or pharmacists consistently less than the amount of the NDAAC, the Wholesale Acquisition Cost when the NDAAC is not available, or an amount that the pharmacy benefits manager reimburses a pharmacy benefits manager affiliate for providing the same pharmacist services. 

Adds a new statute to the Article. Requires a health benefit plan or pharmacy benefits manager that authorizes coverage for a biosimilar, as defined, of a prescription medication to authorize coverage for all biosimilars of that prescription medication with coverage at the same level. Prohibits a health benefit plan or pharmacy benefits manager from requiring the use or the dispensing of a reference product over a biosimilar. 

Adds a new statute to the Article prohibiting pharmacy benefits managers or insurers from requiring any prescription medication to be obtained from an entity operating as an intermediary to have prescription medications administered or delivered to a patient or another pharmacy, hospital, clinic, or provider unless that entity is a pharmacy operating as an intermediary and meets five criteria, including (1) having a mutual agreement between the patient, the intermediary, and the other pharmacy, hospital, clinic, or provider to use the process for the receipt, repackaging, administration, or delivery of the prescription medication; (2) having the distribution of prescription medications from the intermediary be in full and actual charge of a licensed pharmacist; and (3) having the pharmacy, hospital, clinic, or provider and the intermediary in compliance with all relevant rules adopted by the NC Board of Pharmacy. 

Now prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from changing the network of pharmacies available to an insured without the insured or the insurer's written consent. Bars pharmacy benefits managers from creating separate pharmacy networks under a specific health benefit plan. Prohibits a pharmacy benefits manager from conditioning participation in a pharmacy benefits manager network upon accreditation standards or recertification requirements inconsistent with, more stringent than, or in addition to federal and State licensure requirements. Previously, entitled a pharmacist or pharmacy that is a member of a pharmacy service administration organization that enters into a contract with a health benefit plan issuer or a pharmacy benefits manager on the pharmacy's behalf to receive from the pharmacy service administration organization a copy of the contract provisions applicable to the pharmacy, including each provision relating to the pharmacy's rights and obligations under the contract. Replaces the provision, now requiring a pharmacist or pharmacy that belongs to a pharmacy service administration organization to receive a copy of the contract the pharmacy service administration organization entered into with a pharmacy benefits manager on the pharmacy's or pharmacist's behalf, upon request only. Regarding the continued obligation of payments due to pharmacies or pharmacists upon termination from the pharmacy benefits manager network, no longer excludes cases of fraud, waste, and abuse. 

Adds a new statute to the Article requiring a pharmacy benefits manager to provide an insurer offering a health benefit plan that contracts with a pharmacy benefits manager the claims data that reflects the total amount the insurer paid to the pharmacy benefits manager under the plan for a specified outpatient prescription drug, including the ingredient cost and the dispensing fee, upon request. Requires providing the cost paid for the specified outpatient prescription drug, including the ingredient cost and the dispensing fee. 

Adds to the provisions regarding penalties for violations of the Article as follows. Requires the Commissioner to consider the following in determining the amount of a civil penalty for a violation of the Article (other than GS 58-56A-5, which governs the maximum allowable cost price of prescription drugs): the degree and extent of harm caused by the violation; the amount of money that inured to the benefit of the violator as a result of the violation; whether the violation was willful; and the prior record of the violator in complying with laws, rules, or orders applicable to the violator. Adds further guidance and clarifications applicable to civil penalties imposed under the Article. 

Makes further technical changes. 

House committee substitute to the 5th edition makes the following changes.

Part XX.

Revises the parties and entities from which the Bipartisan North Carolina Legislative Working Group on Criminal Law Recodification, created by the act, must seek comments and feedback from, to replace the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court with the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC).

Adds new Part XX-A as follows.

Amends GS 132-1.4A, concerning law enforcement agency recordings, enacting a new subsection (b1) to require any portion of a recording in the custody of a law enforcement agency that depicts a death or serious bodily injury to be disclosed, if requested by submission of the required notarized form described in new subsection (b2), to a personal representative of the deceased, the injured individual, or a person representative on behalf of the injured individual, upon order of the court pursuant to new subsection (b3). Requires ordered disclosure to be done by the agency in a private setting and prohibits the person receiving disclosure from recording or copying the recording. Requires that the portions relevant to the death or serious bodily injury not be edited or redacted. Revises the defined term personal representative to include NC licensed attorneys (was, attorneys) as specified. Adds and defines serious bodily injury. Adds new subsection (b2), requiring the person requesting disclosure to submit a signed and notarized form, provided by the law enforcement agency and developed by AOC, with notice of specified prohibitions and criminal penalties. Adds new subsection (b3), requiring the law enforcement agency to petition the superior court, at no cost, where any portion of the recording was made for issuance of an order regarding the disclosure requested, within three business days of receipt of the notarized form. Requires delivery of the copy of the petition and recording to the resident superior court judge or their designee and provides for continued confidentiality unless the court issues disclosure. Requires the court to conduct an in-camera review of the recording and enter an order within seven business days of filing instructing the recording to be either immediately disclosed with or without editing or redaction, disclosed at a later date with or without editing or redaction, or not disclosed to the person(s) seeking disclosure. Identifies six factors the court must consider in determining whether the recording may be disclosed, including (1) if the recording contains confidential or exempt information and (2) if disclosure may harm the reputation or jeopardize the safety of a person. Lists persons required to be notified, or their designated representatives, and who must be given an opportunity to be heard at any proceeding. Allows the court to order any conditions or restrictions on the disclosure that the court deems appropriate. Requires petitions to be scheduled for hearing as soon as practicable, with the court required to issue an order within seven business days after filing. Requires subsequent proceedings to be accorded priority by trial and appellate courts. Requires the court to schedule a subsequent hearing to be held within 20 days after issuance of an order to reconsider disclosure if disclosure is denied based on a determination that confidentiality is necessary to protect either an active or inactive internal or criminal investigation or potential internal or criminal investigation. Limits the disclosure of recordings depicting a death or serious bodily injury to the procedures and requirements set forth in new subsections (b1) through (b3).

Adds a new directive requiring AOC to develop and make available to law enforcement agencies the signed and notarized request form required and a petition for use by law enforcement agencies pursuant to new GS 132-4.1A(b1) through (b3).

Makes the above new provisions effective December 1, 2021, applicable to all requests made on or after that date for disclosure of a recording. 

Changes the act's long title. 

Conference report #2 to the 5th edition makes the following changes.

Makes organizational and clarifying changes to the proposed changes to GS 153A-82 and GS 160A-148 concerning the duty of a county or city manager to receive six hours of education on fiscal management upon the occurrence or within six months following the occurrence of specified events. Makes language gender-neutral. 

Makes organizational changes to now enact the substantive content of proposed Article 31 to GS Chapter 160A as Article 32 instead. Updates statutory cross-references throughout to reflect the renumbering of the statutes of the proposed Article. Regarding instances in which the Local Government Commission exercises its authority to impound the books and records of the city and assume full control of all its financial affairs, either under the new Article or GS Chapter 159, makes changes to refer to cities subject to Part 2 of the Article (Transition Initiation by Local Government Commission) rather than cities determined to be subject to the Part to account for the Commission's alternative authority under GS Chapter 159, to provide for city council authorities and required cooperation. Makes changes throughout Part 2 to refer to a resolution of transfer and dissolution consistently throughout. Revises Part 3 of the Article (Transition Initiated by City) to require a city that has adopted a resolution of intent to dissolve to post a copy of the resolution (rather than the resolution) and the impact statement on its website, if any. 

Eliminates the proposed language replacing the content of GS 161-8 regarding attendance of the register of deeds. 

Changes the act's long title. 

Conference report #1 was withdrawn on 08/04/2021.

House committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes.

Part I.

Qualifies the authority granted in new GS 7B-302(a3), which allows legislators and NCGA joint oversight committees to request access to confidential information and records maintained pursuant to Article 3 (governing the screening of abuse and neglect complaints) by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) or county departments of social services (dss), to specifically except access that is prohibited by state plan requirements within federal programs. Adds to the exemptions provided, now exempting juvenile court records as set forth in Article 30 (Juvenile Records and Social Reports of Delinquency and Undisciplined Cases) from such requests. Adds that disclosure of confidential information pursuant to new subsection (a3) is limited to requests for information received or created by the agency on or after October 1, 2021. 

Adds to GS 7B-505 to explicitly allow a court to consider whether an appropriate former foster parent, nonrelative kin or other persons with legal custody of a sibling of a juvenile are willing and able to provide proper care and supervision of a juvenile in a safe home when the juvenile is not placed with a relative.

Modifies proposed GS 7B-903(a4) to allow a court to order dss to notify a juvenile's State-recognized tribe of the need for custodial care (was, nonsecure custody) for the purposes of locating relatives or nonrelative kin for placement. 

Regarding required supervised visits prior to dss recommending unsupervised visits with a juvenile or a return of physical custody of the juvenile under GS 7B-903.1, no longer qualifies the requirement for whichever (unsupervised visits or a return of physical custody) occurs first.

Further amends and adds to the proposed changes to GS 7B-906.1 regarding review and permanency planning hearings to refer to "any person with whom the juvenile" is placed rather than "any person providing care for the juvenile," thereby requiring the court to give any person with whom the child was placed the opportunity to address the court regarding the juvenile's well-being (was, any person providing care for the juvenile). No longer requires a court to make findings of the goals of the family services plan at each hearing. Qualifies the requirement for the court to schedule a permanency planning hearing if the juvenile is removed from the custody of a parent, guardian, or custodian at a review hearing to except instances in which the hearing was noticed and heard as a permanency planning hearing. No longer requires a court to schedule a permanency planning hearing to address the permanent plans following a determination efforts would be unsuccessful or inconsistent unless made at a permanency planning hearing. Replaces the content of new subsections (d1) and (d2), now allowing the court to maintain the juvenile's placement under review or order a different placement, appoint an individual guardian of the person, or order any authorized disposition pursuant to specified law at any review hearing. Allows the court to waive further review hearings or terminate jurisdiction when the parent, guardian, or custodian successfully completes the court-ordered services and the juvenile is residing in a safe home, absent extraordinary circumstances. Eliminates the prohibition against a court's waiver or refusal to conduct a permanency planning hearing if a party files a motion seeking the hearing. 

Part V.

Eliminates proposed GS 7B-903.2, Presentation at a hospital for mental health treatment. Instead, enacts GS 122C-142.2 with the same title, providing as follows. Requires the dss director to contact the appropriate LME/MCO or prepaid health plan (PHP) within 24 hours of a determination that a juvenile in dss custody who presents to a hospital emergency department for mental health treatment should not remain at the hospital and no appropriate placement is immediately available, to request an assessment. Requires the LME/MCO or PHP to arrange for an assessment by the child's clinical home provider, the hospital, or other qualified licensed clinician within five business days of the dss director's notification, as specified. Sets forth required actions and timelines for placement following the comprehensive clinical assessment based on whether the assessment recommend a traditional foster home or a Level I group home, or a level of care requiring prior authorization by the LME/MCO or PHP; makes dss responsible for transporting the juvenile to the identified placement. Requires dss to provide ongoing case management either virtually or in-person to address the educational and social needs during the juvenile's stay in the hospital. Requires the hospital to cooperate with dss to provide access to the juvenile during the hospital stay. Requires the dss director to immediately notify the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Rapid Response Team when the director, or LME/MCO or PHP, is unable to identify an appropriate available placement or provider for the juvenile or if the assessment recommendations differ. Authorizes the dss director to disclose confidential information to the Rapid Response Team and provides for continued confidentiality of the information. Details the makeup of the Rapid Response Team, with representatives from various specified DHHS Divisions. Sets forth five authorized responses of the Rapid Response Team's coordinated response upon notification. Effective 30 days after the date the act becomes law. 

Eliminates the content of proposed GS 7B-903.3, Emergency motion for placement and payment, reorganizes the statute as GS 7B-903.2, and replaces its content with the following. Allows for a party to a juvenile case, DHHS, the hospital where the juvenile is currently located, the LME/MCO or the PHP to make a limited appearance to file a motion regarding the juvenile's continued stay in an emergency department or subsequent hospital admission stating the requirements of GS 122C-142.2(b) through (f) which are not satisfied. Details service requirements, and makes the hospital, LME/MCO or the PHP for the juvenile, and DHHS parties to the proceeding to participate in related hearings upon service. Requires DSS to provide the movant with the case file number, the juvenile's name, and the addresses of all parties and attorneys in the juvenile matter upon request of the movant, to the extent necessary to effectuate service. Specifies that the statute does not require the department of social services to provide the name and address of the juvenile who is a party to the action. Provides parameters for the hearing, including who may present evidence. Requires the court to make written findings of fact and conclusions of law, including whether the movant established by clear and convincing evidence that there is no medical necessity for the juvenile to remain in the hospital and the responsible party or parties who have not satisfied the requirements of new GS 122C-142.2(b) through (f). Identifies four alternative orders the court may issue upon finding by clear and convincing evidence that there is no medical necessity for the juvenile to remain in the hospital and that the responsible party has not satisfied the requirements of GS 122C-142.2(b) through (f), including ordering the responsible party to pay reasonable hospital charges, pay for any damage to property caused by the juvenile after the date the hospital stay was no longer necessary, satisfy the requirements of GS 122C-142.2, or any relief the court finds appropriate. Requires the order to be entered no later than 72 hours after the hearing is completed and requires the clerk to schedule a subsequent hearing for review within 30 days after entry. Requires the motion to be dismissed if the juvenile is removed from the hospital and placed by the director after the motion is filed. Requires all parties to the hearing to bear their own costs. Makes new GS 7B-903.2 effective January 1, 2022. 

Changes the act's long title.