Health and Human Services

Session Year 2026

All Health and Human Services Summaries
Session Law SlSort1 SLSort2 Bill BillSort1 BillSort2 Summary
SL 2026-34 2026 0034 H83 H 0083 Revise Laws on Minors/Human Trafficking.: Sec. 2: Study on Human Trafficking Reporting
SL 2026-53 2026 0053 H206 H 0206 Department of Public Safety/Other Changes.: Sec. 5: Victim Compensation Changes
SL 2026-61 2026 0061 H268 H 0268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.: Sec. 3.19: Collaboratory Report on Recovery Court Study Results
SL 2026-14 2026 0014 H315 H 0315 Prohibit Litigation Investments/Amend Workers' Compensation Benefits.: Part II: Update Certain Workers' Compensation Benefits
SL 2026-32 2026 0032 H376 H 0376 Water/Wastewater Affordability & Capacity Act.: Sec. 7: On-Site Wastewater System Changes
SL 2026-32 2026 0032 H376 H 0376 Water/Wastewater Affordability & Capacity Act.: Sec. 8: Private Drinking Water Well Program Changes
SL 2026-32 2026 0032 H376 H 0376 Water/Wastewater Affordability & Capacity Act.: Secs. 9-10: Approve Certain Advanced Pretreatment Systems as Innovative Wastewater Systems
SL 2026-32 2026 0032 H376 H 0376 Water/Wastewater Affordability & Capacity Act.: Sec. 11: Department of Environmental Quality/Department of Health and Human Services Private Well Rulemaking Technical Correction
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 7: Clarify ASL Interpreter Payments
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 13: Update Safe Babies Court Language to Allow Children Up to Age 5 to Participate.
SL 2026-16 2026 0016 H536 H 0536 Physical Therapy Practice Act Modifications.
SL 2026-1 2026 0001 H696 H 0696 Medicaid & Health and Human Services Adjustments/Other Critical Needs.: Part III: Health and Human Services
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 1: Improve Data Collection and Further Study
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 2: Pilot Program to Use Telehealth in Jails to Complete Involuntary Commitment First Examination
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 3: Plan to Utilize Mobile Crisis Units to Complete Involuntary Commitment First Examinations
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 4: Increased Training for Involuntary Commitment Examiners
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 5: Plan to Address Staffing and Bed Shortages in State-Operated Facilities
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 6: Study Lack of Use of Outpatient Commitment
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 6.5: Behavioral Health Statewide Central Availability Navigator Updates (BH SCAN)
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 7: Study Legal Standards for Involuntary Commitment and Incapacity to Proceed
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 8: Working Group to Address Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems Operating as a "Revolving Door"
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 9: Study the Provision of Medical and Behavioral Health Care in Jails
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 10: Study of the Feasibility to Change the Operation or Administration of State Psychiatric Hospitals
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 11: Modify Outpatient Commitment
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 12: Department of Information Technology
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 13: Implement Inpatient Capacity Restoration Program
SL 2026-19 2026 0019 S153 S 0153 North Carolina Border Protection Act.: Part II: Department of Health and Human Services.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 5.7: Children's Hospital Antitrust/State Action Immunity.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 5A.20: First Responder Modification.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.19: North Carolina Student Lifeline Information for University Students
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.26: North Carolina Collaboratory Report on Health Care Costs
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.16: Authorize Use of Personal Education Student Accounts for One-to-One Classroom Aides
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.1: Reports by Non-State Entities on the Use of Directed Grant Funds
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.2: Community Health Grant Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.4: Adminsitrative Reorganization of the Functions, Powers, Duties, and Personnel of the Office of Health Equity
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.5: Expansion of Lapsed Salary Report Provided by the Department of Health and Human Services to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9B.7: Funds for SNAP Improvements
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.1: NC Pre-K Programs/Standards for Four- and Five-Star Rated Facilities.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.2: NC Pre-K Report on Reallocation of Unused Slots
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.4: Subsidized Child Care/Increase Reimbursement Rates, Implement a Rate Floor, and Require Additional Reporting at the 50th Percentile for the Next Market Rate Study
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.6: Smart Start Initiatives
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.7: Smart Start Literacy Initiative/Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.8: Career-Ready Lead Teacher Academy Pilot Program.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.9: Child Care Mental and Behavioral Health Services Funding/Smart Start Special Fund
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9D.10: Child Care Reforms/Expand Career Pathways for Child Care Center Administrators
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.1: Continue Medicaid Annual Report
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.3: Duration of Medicaid Program Modifications
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.8: Change in Hospital Status
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.9: Adjust Hospital Assessments to Account for Work Requirement Changes
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.13: Funds for Medicaid Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Technology
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.14: Increase Wages of Direct Care Workers / Innovations Waiver
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.16: Medicaid Skilled Nursing Facility Cost Containment Pilot
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.17: Medicaid Managed Care Cost Containment
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.18: Continue CHIPRA 214 Coverage Option
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.20: Quarterly Review of Income and Financial Resources
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.21: Align Rebidding Date for Medicaid Standard Plan and Tailored Plan PHP Contracts
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.22: Modifications to Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy Medicaid Coverage / Closed Networks
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.23: Extend Durable Medical Equipment Rates in Medicaid Managed Care
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.24: Accreditation for Medicaid Managed Care Entities
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.25: Extend Primary Care Task Force
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9E.26: Reducing Use of Inappropriate Settings for Delivery of Behavioral Health Services
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9F.1: Hospital and Ambulatory Surgical Facility Standards on Surgical Smoke Evacuation
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9F.2: Elimination of Certified Public Accountant Requirement for Adult Care Home Cost Reports
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9F.3: Streamlining Adult Care Home Inspections
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9F.4: Repeal Certificate of Need Review for Inpatient Rehabilitation Services, Facilities, and Beds
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9F.5: Allow Live-In Direct Support Professionals in Group Homes
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.2: Local Inpatient Psychiatric Beds or Bed Days
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.3: Competitive Grants to Sheriffs' Offices for Addiction Treatment in Jails
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.5: Funds for Additional Opioid Remediation Activities
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.1: Local Health Departments/Competitive Grant Process to Improve Maternal and Child Health
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.2: Report on Recommendations for a Plan to Improve Maternal and Infant Levels of Care in North Carolina
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.3: Report on Premium Assistance Program within North Carolina HIV Medication Assistance Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.4: Increase to Medical Examiner Fee
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.6: Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.7: Statewide Continuum of Care Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.8: Transfer and Reorganization of Rare Disease Advisory Council
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9H.9: Alignment of State and Federal Childhood Lead Dust Standards
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.2: Intensive Family Preservation Services Funding, Performance Enhancements, and Report
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.6: Federal Child Support Incentive Payments
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.8: Report on Certain SNAP and TANF Expenditures
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.10: Inclusion of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Child Advocacy Centers
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.11: Require Status Report on Foster Care Trauma-Informed Assessment
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.13: Responsible Fatherhood NC Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.14: SNAP Benefit Cost-Sharing
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9J.15: Dominique Moody Safety Act
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9L.1: Modification of North Carolina Medical Board Licensing and Registration Fees
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9L.2: Study on Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities and Local Management Entities/Managed Care Organizations
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9M.2: Family Child Care Home Direct Support Pilot.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.9: Amend Inmate Medical Cost Containment Reporting Requirement
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.9: School Safety Grants
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 24.3: State Auditor Investigation Targeting Medicaid Waste and Abuse
SL 2026-59 2026 0059 S445 S 0445 Regulatory Reform Act of 2026.: Sec. 8: Clarify Exemption for Stretching Services at Massage and Bodywork Therapy Establishments.
SL 2026-59 2026 0059 S445 S 0445 Regulatory Reform Act of 2026.: Sec. 11: Allow Private Swim Lessons in Private Pools.