Bill Summary for H 150

Printer-friendly: Click to view

Summary date: 

Mar 14 2023

Bill Information:

View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 150 (Public) Filed Monday, February 20, 2023
AN ACT TO ALLOW PARENT CHOICE IN NURSING SERVICE PROVIDERS REQUIRED BY AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Intro. by Bradford, K. Baker, Crutchfield, Cunningham.

View: All Summaries for BillTracking:

Bill summary

House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.  Makes changes to the act’s long title. Deletes the limitation specifying that local educational agencies are only able to contract with private special education facilities when the local entity is unable to provide the service set forth in GS 115C-111.2 so that local educational agencies may contract with private providers for any service. Defines nursing services. Enacts new GS 115C-111.2(b) specifying the following conditions that must be met before a local education agency must make available a parent’s choice of nurse when providing nursing services under an IEP: (1) the IEP requires nursing services; (2) the child received nursing services from the nurse (i) prior to the nursing services being required by the child's IEP or (ii) prior to the child enrolling in his or her current school; (3) the parent's choice of nurse is employed by a nursing agency and willing to provide the nursing services required by the child's IEP; (4) the nursing agency employing the parent's choice of nurse meets all standard contract terms required for any other nursing agency contracted by the local educational agency, including licensing and liability requirements; (5) the contracted rate is equal to or less than the contracted rate of other nurses contracted by the local educational agency. Specifies that GS 115C-111.2 should not be construed to limit the local education agency’s responsibility to provide a free public education. Deletes proposed amendments to GS 115C-111.6.