Bill > H389

This bill implements additional budgetary adjustments and changes to the state's budget operations across several key areas. It appropriates $2.1 million in recurring funds to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to expand data science programs and battery engineering initiatives. For the Department of Health and Human Services, the bill allocates $12.2 million to support the Transitions to Community Living Initiative, including funding for community-based mental health services and a new associate director position. The bill provides $15.1 million for electronic health records implementation and $30 million for continuing the Healthy Opportunities Pilots program. In the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, $10 million in recurring funds is allocated to support various sites including the Fort Fisher Aquarium, North Carolina Zoo, and state parks. The bill establishes a new School Safety Grants Program with $35 million to improve school safety through crisis services, training, and equipment. It also creates a Mental Health for Detainees Grant Program with $25 million to help local law enforcement agencies provide mental health evaluations. Additional provisions include funding for emergency training centers, marine vessel maintenance, and a new transparency requirement that would require specifying which legislators requested specific budget provisions. The bill is primarily focused on the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium and is retroactively effective to July 1, 2025.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs, Health and Social Services

https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H389