Bill Summary for H 855 (2023-2024)

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May 30 2023

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 855 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 25, 2023
AN ACT TRANSFORMING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCE AND SUPPORTING CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BEING.
Intro. by Lambeth, Sasser, K. Baker, Cunningham.

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House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Allocates an additional $500,000 from the $1 billion appropriated from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Temporary Savings Fund to the Department of Health and Human Service’s (DHHS) Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services, for grants made to an owner, proprietor, local government, or person in control of a garage that has a vertical height above three stories (or 30 feet) for funds to purchase signage providing information on suicide prevention that must be posted on each floor of the garage above three stories or 30 feet in height, and in each elevator lobby, so that there are now six specified allocations of funds (was, five). Requires DHHS to develop and post on its website the mechanism by which an applicant can apply for grant funding and any design suggestions or requirements for signage purchased with grant funding.

Changes the amount of funds allocated to DHHS for administrative purposes from the $1 billion appropriated from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Temporary Savings Funds from $1 million to $500,000.