Bill Summary for H 894 (2017-2018)
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AN ACT TO DEVELOP A PILOT PROGRAM IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO VETERANS AND TO PROVIDE FOR A TRAINING PROGRAM ON YOUTH SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION AND RISK REFERRAL PROTOCOL FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL.Intro. by Szoka, Lewis, Dollar, Dobson.
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Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, in coordination with Community Care of North Carolina and Maxim Healthcare Services, to develop and implement a two‑year pilot program in Cumberland County to provide health care services to veterans. Requires that the pilot program consist of: (1) a health care initiative to provide to veterans increased access to health care resources through the care coordination efforts of community health workers and (2) a workforce initiative to recruit and train unemployed and underemployed veterans as community health workers for the health care initiative. Terminates the pilot program on June 30, 2019.
Requires DHHS, by February 1, 2020, to conduct and submit to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services a comprehensive evaluation of the pilot program, including specified items.
Appropriates from the General Fund to DHHS $400,000 in nonrecurring funds for 2017‑18 and $200,000 in nonrecurring funds for 2018‑19 to support the development and implementation of the pilot program.
Effective July 1, 2017.