SB 601 — First Responders Mental Health Care Plan.
Last action — Passed 1st Reading
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
15 added · 16 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent amendments to Senate Bill 601 include the addition of specific provisions related to public safety dispatchers and volunteer firefighters for disability benefits. These changes clarify who qualifies for support and how long the benefits can last, which matters because it helps ensure that those serving in critical emergency roles receive proper financial assistance if they are injured and unable to work. By explicitly acknowledging the contributions of both dispatchers and volunteer firefighters, the bill aims to better protect and support all first responders in North Carolina.
FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA AprSESSION 5, 2023 S.B.S 1 SENATE BILL 601 Short Title:
601 SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS45269-NJap-26 Short Title:
Rules and Operations of the Senate April 6, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE POLICY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS DIAGNOSED WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
Chapter 58 of the General Statutes is amended bybyadding adding a new Article to read:
– A public safetysafetytelecommunicator telecommunicator or dispatcher at a primary public safety answering point as defined in G.S.
*DRS45269-NJap-26**S601-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 (6) Law enforcement officer.
– If a first responder's treatment plan requires leave from employment as determined bybya a health care provider, either through FMLA or a local government program, and sufficient proof is provided to the insurance carrier, the Department, or other applicable payor that this leave is necessary, afull-timefirstrespondershallreceiveamonthlybenefitthatis either(i)equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the first responder's monthly salary or (ii) five thousand dollars ($5,000) a month, whichever is less.
Forafirstresponderwhoisavolunteerfirefighter.–AmonthlybenefitForafirstresponderwhoisavolunteerfirefighter. of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
–Amonthlybenefit of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
If reevaluation indicates the first responder has regained the ability to perform the duties of a first Page 2 DRS45269-NJap-26Senate Bill 601-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 responder, then the monthly disability benefits shall cease on the last day of the month the reevaluation was conducted.
(3) If there is no reevaluation performed under subdivision (2) of this section, but the first responder's health care provider determines that the first responder is again ableto performtheduties ofafirst responder,thenthedisabilityresponder,thenthedisabilitybenefits benefits shall cease on the last day of the month the health care provider made the determination.
(4) If a first responder returns to work as a first responder before exhaustion of the 36 months of disability benefits that the first responder may receive under this section, and if there is a subsequent recurrence of disability caused by an eligible mental condition that again precludes the first responder from performing the duties of a first responder, then the first responder shall be entitled to anyanyremaining remainingmonthlydisabilitybenefits, monthly disability benefits, not to exceed 36 months in total.
DRS45269-NJap-26Senate Bill 601-First Edition Page 3
Action History
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Passed 1st Reading
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Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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Filed
Sponsors
- Michael A. Lazzara · Primary
- Perry · Cosponsor
- Gale Adcock · Cosponsor
- Val Applewhite · Cosponsor
- Michael Garrett · Cosponsor
- Bobby Hanig · Cosponsor
- Julie Mayfield · Cosponsor
- Timothy D. Moffitt · Cosponsor
- Mujtaba A. Mohammed · Cosponsor
- Gladys A. Robinson · Cosponsor
- Todd Johnson · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 168 not signed on · 4 voted No
Sponsors (2)
- Michael A. Lazzara Republican
- Todd Johnson Republican
Co-sponsors (9)
- Perry
- Gale Adcock Democratic
- Val Applewhite Democratic
- Michael Garrett Democratic
- Bobby Hanig Republican
- Julie Mayfield Democratic
- Timothy D. Moffitt Republican
- Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic
- Gladys A. Robinson Democratic
Not signed on (168)
168 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 168 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 62 | 39 | 0 | 6 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 71 | 42 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 60% | 35% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (119)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Allen, Gordon P. | — | Yea |
| Allred, Cary | — | Nay |
| Arnold, Gene | — | Nay |
| Baddour, Philip A., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Baker, Rex | — | Nay |
| Barbee, Bobby | — | Nay |
| Barefoot, Daniel W. | — | Yea |
| Berry, Cherie | — | Not Voting |
| Black, Jim (Speaker) | — | Yea |
| Bonner, Donald A. | — | Yea |
| Bowie, Joanne | — | Nay |
| Braswell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Bridgeman, John | — | Yea |
| Brown, John | — | Nay |
| Brubaker, Harold J. | — | Yea |
| Buchanan, Monroe | — | Nay |
| Cansler, Lanier | — | Nay |
| Capps, Russell | — | Nay |
| Carpenter, Jim | — | Not Voting |
| Church, Walter | — | Yea |
| Clary, Debbie | — | Nay |
| Cole, E. Nelson | — | Yea |
| Cox, A. Leslie | — | Yea |
| Creech, Billy | — | Not Voting |
| Culp, Arlie | — | Nay |
| Culpepper, Bill | — | Yea |
| Daughtry, Leo | — | Nay |
| Decker, Michael P. | — | Nay |
| Dedmon, Andrew T. | — | Yea |
| Dockham, Jerry | — | Nay |
| Earle, Beverly | — | Yea |
| Easterling, Ruth | — | Yea |
| Edwards, Zeno L. | — | Yea |
| Ellis, Sam | — | Not Voting |
| Esposito, Theresa | — | Nay |
| Fitch, Jr., Toby | — | Yea |
| Fox, Stan | — | Yea |
| Gardner, Charlotte | — | Nay |
| Gibson, Pryor A. | — | Yea |
| Grady, Robert | — | Nay |
| Gray, Lyons | — | Nay |
| Gulley, Jim | — | Nay |
| Hackney, Joe | — | Yea |
| Haire, R. Phillip | — | Yea |
| Hardaway, Thomas C. | — | Yea |
| Hensley, Robert | — | Yea |
| Hiatt, Bill | — | Nay |
| Hill, Dewey | — | Yea |
| Holmes, George M. | — | Nay |
| Horn, W. James | — | Yea |
| Hunter, Howard | — | Yea |
| Hurley, Bill | — | Yea |
| Insko, Verla C. | — | Yea |
| Jarrell, Mary L. | — | Yea |
| Jeffus, Margaret M. | — | Yea |
| Justus, Larry | — | Nay |
| Kinney, Theodore J. | — | Yea |
| Kiser, Joe | — | Nay |
| Luebke, Paul | — | Yea |
| Mcallister, Mary | — | Yea |
| Mccomas, Danny | — | Nay |
| Mccombs, Gene | — | Nay |
| Mccrary, Paul | — | Yea |
| Mclawhorn, Marian N. | — | Yea |
| Mcmahan, Ed | — | Nay |
| Melton, O. Max | — | Yea |
| Michaux, Jr., Mickey | — | Yea |
| Miner, David | — | Nay |
| Mitchell, William F. | — | Nay |
| Moore, Richard L. | — | Yea |
| Morgan, Richard T. | — | Nay |
| Morris, Amelia A. H. | — | Yea |
| Mosley, Jane H. | — | Yea |
| Nesbitt, Martin L., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Nye, Edd | — | Yea |
| Oldham, Warren C. | — | Yea |
| Owens, Jr., William C. | — | Yea |
| Pope, Art | — | Nay |
| Preston, Jean R. | — | Nay |
| Ramsey, Liston B. | — | Yea |
| Rayfield, John M. | — | Nay |
| Redwine, E. David | — | Yea |
| Rogers, Richard E. | — | Yea |
| Russell, Carolyn B. | — | Nay |
| Saunders, Drew P. | — | Yea |
| Sexton, Paul W. | — | Nay |
| Sherrill, Wilma M. | — | Yea |
| Starnes, Edgar V. | — | Yea |
| Sutton, Ronnie N. | — | Yea |
| Tallent, Timothy N. | — | Not Voting |
| Teague, W. B. | — | Nay |
| Thomas, Scott E. | — | Yea |
| Thompson, Gregory J. | — | Nay |
| Tolson, Joe | — | Yea |
| Tucker, Russell E. | — | Yea |
| Wainwright, William L. | — | Yea |
| Walend, Trudi | — | Nay |
| Warner, Alex | — | Yea |
| Warwick, Nurham O. | — | Yea |
| Wilson, Constance K. | — | Not Voting |
| Wilson, William Eugene | — | Nay |
| Womble, Larry W. | — | Yea |
| Wood, Stephen W. | — | Yea |
| Wright, Thomas E. | — | Yea |
| Yongue, Douglas Y. | — | Yea |
| D. Davis | — | Nay |
| R. Smith | — | Yea |
| Dan Blue | Democratic | Yea |
| Sarah Crawford | Democratic | Yea |
| Blair Eddins | Republican | Nay |
| Charles W. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Edward C. Goodwin | Republican | Yea |
| Harry Warren | Republican | Yea |
| Jay Adams | Republican | Yea |
| Julia C. Howard | Republican | Nay |
| Karl E. Gillespie | Republican | Nay |
| Mitchell S. Setzer | Republican | Yea |
| W. Ted Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| Carla D. Cunningham | U | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 44 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 88% | 10% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Albertson, Charles W. | — | Not Voting |
| Allran, Austin M. | — | Yea |
| Ballance, Jr., Frank W. | — | Yea |
| Ballantine, Patrick J. | — | Yea |
| Basnight, Marc | — | Yea |
| Carpenter, Robert C. | — | Yea |
| Carrington, John | — | Yea |
| Carter, Charles | — | Yea |
| Clodfelter, Daniel G. | — | Yea |
| Cochrane, Betsy L. | — | Nay |
| Cooper Iii, Roy A. | — | Yea |
| Dalton, Walter | — | Yea |
| Dannelly, Charlie Smith | — | Yea |
| East, Don W. | — | Yea |
| Forrester, James | — | Yea |
| Foxx, Virginia | — | Yea |
| Garrou, Linda | — | Yea |
| Garwood, John A. | — | Yea |
| Gulley, Wib | — | Yea |
| Hagan, Kay | — | Yea |
| Harris, Oscar | — | Yea |
| Hartsell, Jr., Fletcher L. | — | Nay |
| Horton, Jr., Hamilton C. | — | Yea |
| Hoyle, David W. | — | Yea |
| Jordan, Jr., Luther Henry | — | Yea |
| Kerr, John H. | — | Yea |
| Kinnaird, Ellie | — | Yea |
| Lucas, Jeanne Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Martin, R. L. | — | Yea |
| Martin, William N. | — | Yea |
| Metcalf, Steve | — | Yea |
| Moore, Ken | — | Nay |
| Odom, T. L. | — | Yea |
| Perdue, Beverly M. | — | Yea |
| Phillips, Sr., Jim | — | Yea |
| Plyler, Aaron W. | — | Yea |
| Purcell, William R. | — | Yea |
| Rand, Anthony E. | — | Yea |
| Reeves, Eric Miller | — | Yea |
| Rucho, Robert A. | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Robert G. | — | Nay |
| Shaw, Larry | — | Yea |
| Soles, Jr., R. C. | — | Yea |
| Webster, Hugh | — | Nay |
| Weinstein, David | — | Yea |
| Wellons, Allen H. | — | Yea |
| Gladys A. Robinson | Democratic | Yea |
| Charles W. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Harry Warren | Republican | Yea |
| Michael V. Lee | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 601?
- SB 601 is sponsored by Michael A. Lazzara (Republican), Perry, Gale Adcock (Democratic), Val Applewhite (Democratic), Michael Garrett (Democratic), Bobby Hanig (Republican), Julie Mayfield (Democratic), Timothy D. Moffitt (Republican), Mujtaba A. Mohammed (Democratic), Gladys A. Robinson (Democratic), and Todd Johnson (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 601?
- This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track SB 601?
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