SB 36 — 2020 COVID Relief Bill Modifications.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2021 S 21 SENATE BILL 36* Second Edition Engrossed 2/3/21 Short Title:

*S36-v-2**S36-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 a.

All funds allocated from the Fund must be used for necessary expenditures incurred duetothepublichealthemergencywithrespecttoCOVID-19.Onlyexpendituresincurredduring Page 2 Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 2020, the deadline established by applicable federal law and guidance are eligible for funding from this Fund." SECTION3.2.

Funds for these services Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 shall beallocatedin thesamemanneras iftheparticipatingpublic school units were reimbursed by school meal receipts or federal funds.

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… Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 Grants shall be used to award funds for new or existing eligible programs for at-risk students operated by (i) nonprofit corporations and (ii) nonprofit corporations working in collaboration with local school administrative units.

Page 6 Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 … (34) $12,425,000 to OSBM to allocate to North Carolina Community Health Center Association (NCCHCA), a nonprofit organization, to be used as follows:

OSBM shall award grants in an amount equal to $3,000,000 to each eligible teaching Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 hospital.

An applicant awarded a grant shall, upon finalizing the agreement, receive an initial lump sum grant fund disbursement equal to the total grant award amount minus amounts assessed to the grant recipient for the matching Page 8 Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 requirement in G.S.

(i) Good Hope Hospital, Inc., (ii) Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, (iii) Cape Fear Valley Health Hoke Hospital, (iv) Catawba Valley Medical Center, (v) Davis Regional Medical Center, (vi) Carolinas HealthcareSystem Blue Ridge,and(vii)AdventHealthRidge,and(vii)AdventHealthHendersonville.These Hendersonville.These funds shall be used to offset expenses incurred for providing patient care in North Carolina to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Any county, county officer, county official, or county employee who uses these allocated funds for any purpose other than the purpose Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition Page 9 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 specified in this subdivision shall be subject to a civil action by the State and held personally liable to reimburse the State.

115C-112.5(2)f., a student who receives an award of scholarship funds for the fall or spring semester of the 2020-2021 school year pursuant to Page 10 Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 this subdivision who applies for a scholarship for the 2021-2022 school year (i) shall be deemed to meet the eligibilityrequirementsofG.S.

… (114e) $23,000,000 to OSBM, one-half to be allocated to the North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association (NCHCFA) and one-quarter each to be allocated to the North CarolinaSenior LivingAssociation(NCSLA)and North Carolina Assisted LivingAssociation(NCALA).NCHCFAshalluseLivingAssociation(NCALA).NCHCFAshalluseitsallocatedfunds itsallocatedfunds to purchase and distribute, free of charge, to licensed skilled nursingfacilities;

Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition Page 11 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 … The NCSLA and NCALA shall collaborate together to assure equitable distribution of the materials described in this subdivision to adult care homes and family care homes.

(6) The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) established by State agencies with funds allocated from the Fund.

For each FTE established, the report shall include a position number, thethepositionstatus, positionthedatethepositionwas status,established,thehiredate, and the date theon positionwhich wasthe established, thehire date, andthedate onwhichthe position is to beabolished.be abolished.

"SECTION 1.7.(b) Beginning April 10,1, 2021, the Pandemic Recovery Office shall submit amonthlyreporttoa monthly report to the Joint LegislativeCommissionLegislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division on allocations from the Fund that were not fullyfullyexpended expended as of December 30, 2020.

The quarterly Page 12 Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 report required under this subsection shall end upon submission of the final report from each State agency or department, which shall be no later than 90 days from the date the grant period ends for the relevant funds." SECTION 3.4.

– The State Controller shall transfer the sum of six hundred forty-five eighty-four million four hundred thousand dollars ($645,400,000) ($684,400,000) Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition Page 13 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 from the Coronavirus Relief Reserve established in Section 2.1 ofS.L.

These funds shall be available for expenditure until the deadline established by applicable federal law and guidance." Page 14 Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 SECTION 3.11.

Except as otherwise provided in this Part, notwithstanding any provision of Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition Page 15 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 G.S.

116-260, for COVID-19 Vaccine Preparedness Page 16 Senate Bill 36*-Second36*-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 (Division M, Title III), for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund II (Division M, Title III), and for Emergency Rental Assistance (Division N, Title V) are appropriated in the amounts provided in the notification of award from the federal government or any entity acting on behalf of the federal government to administer the federal funds.

Program (Responsible Agency) Amount COVID-19 Vaccine Preparedness (Department of Health and Human Services) $94,768,784 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund II (Department of Public Instruction) $1,602,591,000 Emergency Rental Assistance (Office of Recovery and Resiliency, Department of Public Safety;Safety) $546,597,070 Total Estimated Funding $2,243,956,854 SECTION 5.(c) The use of federal grant funds received under this section shall be detailed in quarterly reports as provided in this subsection.

Office of State Budget and Management) $546,597,070 Total Estimated Funding $2,243,956,854 SECTION 5.(c) The use of federal grant funds received under this section shall be detailed in quarterly reports as provided in this subsection.

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