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SB 177 — Continuing Budget Adjustments.

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This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 26, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

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The changes made to Senate Bill 177 involve some adjustments to the language related to funding for freestanding psychiatric hospitals. Specific wording has been removed, streamlining how fees and assessments are calculated for these facilities. This matters because clearer language can help ensure that hospitals better understand their financial obligations, potentially leading to more effective funding and services for mental health care in North Carolina.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 2 SENATE BILL 177 House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/24/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 177 Short Title:
Continuing Budget Adjustments.
Add Psychiatric Hospitals to Medicaid HASP.
Senators Hise, Burgin, and Sawrey (Primary Sponsors).
February 27, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS ADJUSTMENTS AFFECTING THE CONTINUING OPERATIONS OF THE STATE.
Rules and Operations of the Senate February 27, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCLUDE FREESTANDING PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AS HOSPITALS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICAID HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND STABILIZATION PROGRAM AND TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THOSE PAYMENTS THROUGH INCREASED HOSPITAL ASSESSMENTS.
6 PART I.
SECTION 1.(a) G.S.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 8 MEDICAID REBASE AND MANAGED CARE ADMINISTRATION SECTION 1.1.
108A-148.1(a) reads as rewritten:
There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits, the sum of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in recurring funds and associated receipts for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.
"(a) The healthcare access and stabilization program is a directed payment program that provides acute care hospitals with increased reimbursements funded through hospital assessments in accordance with this section.
These funds shall be used to adjust Medicaid funding to account for projected changes in enrollment, enrollment mix, service and capitation costs, and federal match rates, as well as the implementation of the Children and Families Specialty Plan in December 2025 or for contracts needed to operate the State's Medicaid managed care program.
Upon the approval of CMS, the healthcare access and stabilization program directed payment program shall additionally provide qualifying freestanding psychiatric hospitals with increased reimbursements funded through hospital assessments.
PART II.
A qualifying freestanding psychiatric hospital is a freestanding psychiatric hospital as defined in G.S.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT AUDITOR POSITIONS SECTION 2.1.
108A-145.3 that is Medicare-certified and submits Hospital Cost Report Information System cost report data to CMS." SECTION 1.(b) The Department of Health and Human Services shall submit a 42 C.F.R.
There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of the StateAuditorthesumoftwomilliontwohundredfiftythousanddollars($2,250,000)in recurring funds for each fiscal year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium for up to 25 additional positions, including salaries, benefits, and operating costs.
§ 438.6(c) preprint requesting approval to include freestanding psychiatric hospitals in the healthcare access and stabilization program (HASP) authorized under G.S.
SBE EXEMPT POSITIONS/FUNDS SECTION 2.2.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board ofElectionsthesumofonemilliononehundredninety-threethousandnine hundredseventy-nine dollars ($1,193,979) in recurring funds for each fiscal year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to provide funds for the following seven new exempt positions, including salaries, benefits, and operating costs:
108A-148.1, as amended by subsection (a) of this section.
(1) Administrative Officer III.
SECTION 1.(c) This section is effective when it becomes law.
(2) Agency General Counsel II.
SECTION 2.(a) G.S.
(3) Agency HR Director II.
108A-145.3 reads as rewritten:
(4) Assistant General Counsel II.
"§ 108A-145.3.
(5) Internal Auditor.
Definitions.
(6) Legislative Affairs Manager.
The following definitions apply in this Article:
*S177-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (7) Public Information Manager.
… (6c) Freestanding psychiatric hospital.
SECTION 2.2.(b) G.S.
– A hospital facility that is (i) licensed underArticle2ofChapter122CoftheGeneralStatutes,(ii)primarilyengaged in providing to inpatients, by or under the supervision of a physician, psychiatric services for the diagnosis and treatment of individuals with mental illnesses, and (iii) not State-owned and State-operated.
126-5 reads as rewritten:
(6d) HASP directed payments.
"§ 126-5.
– Payments made by the Department to prepaid health plans to be used for (i) increased reimbursements to hospitals under the HASP program and (ii) the costs to prepaid health plans from the gross premiumstaxunderG.S.
Employees subject to Chapter;
105-228.5andtheinsuranceregulatorychargeunder G.S.
exemptions.
58-6-25 associated with those hospital reimbursements.
… (c14) Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, each Council of State agency and agency, the Office of the State Controller Controller, and the Executive Director of the State Board of Elections has the sole authority to set the salary of its exempt policymaking and exempt managerial positions within the minimum rates, and the maximum rates plus ten percent (10%), established by the State Human Resources Commission under G.S.
*S177-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (6d)(6e) Healthcare access and stabilization program (HASP).
126-4(2).
– The directed payment program providing increased reimbursements to acute care hospitals and freestanding psychiatric hospitals as approved byCMS and authorized by G.S.
… (d)(1) Exempt Positions in Cabinet Department.
108A-148.1.
–Subject to this Chapter, which is known as the North Carolina Human Resources Act, the Governor may designate a total of 425 exempt positions throughout the following departments and offices:
…." SECTION 2.(b) G.S.
… (2) Exempt Positions in Council of State Departments and Offices and Offices, theOfficeof theState Controller.
108A-146.1 reads as rewritten:
Controller,and theState Board ofElections.
"§ 108A-146.1.
– The Secretaryof State, the Auditor, the Treasurer, the Attorney General, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Commissioner of Insurance, the Labor Commissioner, and the State Controller Controller, and the Executive Director of the State Board of Elections may designate exempt positions.
Public hospital modernized assessment.
The number of exempt policymaking positions in each department headed by an elected department head listed in this subdivision is limited to 25 exempt policymaking positions or two percent (2%) of the total number of full-time positions in the department, whichever is greater.
(a) The public hospital modernized assessment imposed under this Part shall apply to all public acute care hospitals.
The number of exempt managerial positions is limited to 25 positions or two percent (2%) of the total number of full-time positions in the department, whichever is greater.
(b) The public hospital modernized assessment shall be assessed as a percentage of each public acute care hospital's hospital costs.
The number of exempt policymakingpositionsdesignatedbytheSuperintendentofPublicInstruction is limited to 70 exempt policymaking positions or two percent (2%) of the total number of full-time positions in the department, whichever is greater.
The assessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with this Part.
The number of exempt managerial positions designated bythe Superintendent of Public Instruction is limited to 70 exempt managerial positions or two percent (2%) of the total number of full-time positions in the department, whichever is greater.
The percentage for each quarter shall equal the aggregate acute care hospital modernized assessment collection amount under G.S.
The total number of exempt positions, policymakingand managerial, designated by the Office of the State Controller is limited to 10.
108A-146.5 multiplied by the public hospital historical assessment share and divided by the total hospital costs for all public acute care hospitals holding a license on the first day of the assessment quarter." SECTION 2.(c) G.S.
The total number of exempt positions designated bythe Executive Director of the State Board of Elections is limited to the following seven positions:
108A-146.3 reads as rewritten:
Agency Human Relations Director II, Agency General Counsel II, Assistant General Counsel II, Public Information Manager, Legislative Affairs Manager, Internal Auditor, and Administrative Officer III.
"§ 108A-146.3.
… (4) Vacancies.
Private hospital modernized assessment.
– In the event of a vacancy in the Office of Governor, the office of a member of the Council of State, or the Office of the State Controller, Controller, or the Executive Director of the State Board of Elections, the person who succeeds to or is appointed or elected to fill the unexpired term shall makedesignations in aletterto the DirectoroftheOfficeof StateHuman Resources, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate within 180 days after the oath of office is administered to that person.
(a) The private hospital modernized assessment imposed under this Part shall applyto all private acute care hospitals.
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…." Page 2 Senate Bill 177-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SBE LITIGATION FUNDS SECTION 2.3.
(b) The private hospital modernized assessment shall be assessed as a percentage of each private acute care hospital's hospital costs.
There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Elections the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year for future litigation needs.
The assessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with this Part.
These funds shall not revert on June 30, 2026, but shall remain available until expended.
The percentage for each quarter shall equal the aggregate acute care hospital modernized assessment collectionamountunderG.S.
7 SBE SOFTWARE MODERNIZATION SECTION 2.4.
108A-146.5multipliedbytheprivatehospitalhistoricalassessment share and divided by the total hospital costs for all private acute care hospitals holding a license on the first day of the assessment quarter." SECTION 2.(d) Part 2 of Article 7B of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
There is appropriated from the Information Technology Reserve in the General Fund, as established in Section 2.2(h) of S.L.
"§ 108A-146.4.
2021-180, to the State Board of Elections the sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be used to complete the State Election Information Management System (SEIMS) upgrade and the campaign finance software upgrade.
Freestanding psychiatric hospital modernized assessment.
SBE MOVE TO ALBEMARLE BUILDING/FUNDS SECTION 2.5.(a) The Department of Administration shall assign the sixth and seventh floors of the Albemarle Building located in Raleigh, North Carolina, to the State Board of Elections.
(a) The freestanding psychiatric hospital modernized assessment imposed under this Part shall apply to all freestanding psychiatric hospitals.
The State Board of Elections shall complete its move to the Albemarle Building not later than October 31, 2025.
(b) The freestanding psychiatric hospital modernized assessment shall be assessed as a percentage of each freestanding psychiatric hospital's hospital costs.
All State-owned equipment, furnishings, and other fixtures on the sixth and seventh floors of the Albemarle Building on the date this section becomes effective shall remain on those floors for use by the State Board of Elections.
The assessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with this Part.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the disposal, removal, or replacement of the equipment, furnishings, and other fixtures described in this section after the State Board of Elections has moved into the space described in this section.
The percentage for each quarter shall equal the modernized freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component under G.S.
SECTION 2.5.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Elections the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be used to relocate to the Albemarle Building as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
108A-146.10A divided by the total hospital costs for all freestanding psychiatric hospitals holding a license on the first dayof the assessment quarter." SECTION 2.(e) G.S.
PART III.
108A-146.5 reads as rewritten:
STATEWIDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT & REPAIRS AND RENOVATION PROJECT CASH FLOW SECTION 3.1.(a) There is appropriated from the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of seven hundred thirteen million seven hundred twenty thousand eight hundred eleven dollars ($713,720,811) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be allocated to the following project codes in the following amounts:
"§ 108A-146.5.
(1) DACS21-2 $1,500,000 (2) DACS21-4 1,500,000 (3) DEQ21-1 17,075,000 (4) DNCR21-13 86,800,000 (5) DNCR23-7 7,000,000 (6) DOA23-2 800,000 (7) NCGA21-3 65,250,000 (8) NCGA23-1 26,000,000 (9) UNC/BOG21-1 3,750,000 (10) DOI21-1 22,000,000 (11) DPS21-9 19,793,242 (12) DPS21-6 2,658,750 (13) DPS23-9 2,024,414 (14) DPS23-11 5,927,250 Senate Bill 177-Second Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (15) NG23-1 6,000,000 (16) NG23-2 5,750,000 (17) NG23-3 2,250,000 (18) TRAN23-1 60,000,000 (19) UNC/ASU21-1 12,500,000 (20) UNC/ASU22-1 12,300,000 (21) UNC/ECS21-4 9,172,727 (22) UNC/ECS23-1 17,172,727 (23) UNC/ECU21-1 60,000,000 (24) UNC/FSU21-2 6,573,912 (25) UNC/NCS20-1 22,224,823 (26) UNC/NCS23-1 27,000,000 (27) UNC/NCS23-2 24,000,000 (28) UNC/SSM23-2 3,000,000 (29) UNC/CH20-2 17,693,052 (30) UNC/PEM21-1 30,500,000 (31) UNC/SA23-1 22,950,000 (32) UNC/WSS21-1 22,400,000 (33) PERS21 154,914 (34) R&R21 40,000,000 (35) UNC/R&R21 50,000,000 SECTION3.1.(b) TheBoardofGovernorsofThe UniversityofNorthCarolinashall prioritize funds allocated for project code UNC/R&R21 for repairs and renovations pursuant to G.S.
Aggregate acute care hospital modernized assessment collection amount.
143C-8-13 and, notwithstanding G.S.
(a) The aggregate modernized assessment collection amount is an amount of money that is calculated by subtracting the modernized intergovernmental transfer adjustment component under G.S.
143C-8-13(a), for projects listed in Section 40.1(d) of S.L.
108A-146.13 from the total modernized nonfederal receipts under subsection (b) of this section and then adding the positive or negative amount of the modernized IGT actual receipts adjustment component under G.S.
2021-180.
108A-146.14.
The cost for any single repair and renovation project other than those specifically listed in Section 40.1(d) of S.L.
(b) The total modernized nonfederal receipts is the sum of all of the following:
2021-180 shall not exceed fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).
(1) One-fourth of the State's annual Medicaid payment.
The Board of Governors may reallocate funds in accordance with G.S.
(2) The managed care component under G.S.
143C-8-13(b) or to projects listed in Section 40.1(d) of S.L.
108A-146.7.
2021-180;
(3) The fee-for-service component under G.S.
provided, however, reallocation of funds intended for a project located at a particular constituent institution may only be reallocated for repairs and renovations projects at that particular constituent institution.
108A-146.9.
The provisions of G.S.
Page 2 Senate Bill 177-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (3a) The modernized acute care hospital HASP component under G.S.
143C-8-13(b)(4) shall not apply to the projects listed in Section 40.1(d) of S.L.
108A-146.10.
2021-180.
(3b) The modernized freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component under G.S.
The Board of Governors shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations in accordance with G.S.
108A-146.10A.
143C-8-13(b).
(4) The GME component under G.S.
SECTION 3.1.(c) For project code R&R21, the provisions of Section 40.1(c) of S.L.
108A-146.11.
2021-180 shall apply to funds allocated for the project code during the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.
(5) Beginning April 1, 2022, and ending March 31, 2027, the postpartum coverage component under G.S.
SECTION 3.1.(d) There is appropriated from the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of one million six hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,640,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be allocated to the North Carolina School of Science and Math for temporary housing.
108A-146.12.
This project shall be known as project code UNC/SSM25-1 and shall have a maximum project authorization of two million one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($2,180,000).
(6) Beginning April 1, 2024, the home and community-based services component under G.S.
SALARY-RELATED CONTRIBUTIONS SECTION 3.2.(a) Effective for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, required employer salary-related contributions for employees whose salaries are paid from department, office, institution, or agency receipts shall be paid from the same source as the source of the employee's salary.
108A-146.12A.
If an employee's salary is paid in part from the General Fund or Highway Fund and in part from department, office, institution, or agency receipts, required employer salary-related contributions may be paid from the General Fund or Highway Fund only to the extent of the proportionate part paid from the General Fund or Highway Fund in support of the salary of the Page 4 Senate Bill 177-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 employee, and the remainder of the employer's requirements shall be paid from the source that supplies the remainder of the employee's salary.
(c) The aggregate acute care hospital modernized assessment collection amount is an amount of money equal to the aggregate modernized assessment collection amount under subsection (a) of this section minus the modernized freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component under G.S.
The requirements of this section as to source of payment are also applicable to payments on behalf of the employee for hospital medical benefits, longevity pay, unemployment compensation, accumulated leave, workers' compensation, severance pay, separation allowances, and applicable disability income benefits.
108A-146.10A." SECTION 2.(f) G.S.
SECTION 3.2.(b) Effective July 1, 2025, the State's employer contribution rates budgeted for retirement, health, and related benefits as a percentage of covered salaries for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium for teachers and State employees, State law enforcement officers (LEOs), the University and Community Colleges Optional Retirement Programs (ORPs), the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System (CJRS), and the Legislative Retirement System (LRS) are as set forth below:
108A-146.10 reads as rewritten:
Teachers State ORPs CJRS LRS and State LEOs Employees Retirement 17.14% 17.14% 6.84% 37.73% 18.26% Health 7.33% 7.33% 7.33% 7.33% 7.33% Disability 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.00% 0.00% Death 0.13% 0.13% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% NC 401(k) 0.00% 5.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Total Contribution Rate 24.67% 29.67% 14.24% 45.06% 25.59% The rate for health includes two and four-tenths percent (2.40%) for the Public Employee Health Benefit Fund and four and ninety-three hundredths percent (4.93%) for the Retiree Health Benefit Fund.
"§ 108A-146.10.
SECTION 3.2.(b1) If House Bill 192, 2025 Regular Session, becomes law, then subsection (b) of this section is repealed and, effective July 1, 2025, the State's employer contribution rates budgeted for retirement, health, and related benefits as a percentage of covered salaries for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium for teachers and State employees, State law enforcement officers (LEOs), the University and Community Colleges Optional Retirement Programs (ORPs), the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System (CJRS), and the Legislative Retirement System (LRS) are as set forth below:
Modernized acute care hospital HASP component.
Teachers State ORPs CJRS LRS and State LEOs Employees Retirement 17.44% 17.44% 6.84% 38.36% 18.90% Health 7.33% 7.33% 7.33% 7.33% 7.33% Disability 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.00% 0.00% Death 0.13% 0.13% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% NC 401(k) 0.00% 5.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Total Contribution Rate 24.97% 29.97% 14.24% 45.69% 26.23% The rate for health includes two and four-tenths percent (2.40%) for the Public Employee Health Benefit Fund and four and ninety-three hundredths percent (4.93%) for the Retiree Health Benefit Fund.
The modernized acute care hospital HASP component is an amount of money that is calculated each quarter by multiplying the aggregate amount of HASP directed payments due to PHPs in the current quarter for hospital reimbursements to acute care hospitals that are not attributable to newly eligible individuals by the nonfederal share for not newly eligible individuals." SECTION 2.(g) Part 2 of Article 7B of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
SECTION 3.2.(c) Effective July 1, 2025, the annual employer contributions for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, payable monthly, by the State to the North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees for each covered employee is a maximum of eight thousand five hundred dollars ($8,500).
"§ 108A-146.10A.
SECTION 3.2.(d) G.S.
Modernized freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component.
135-151(d) reads as rewritten:
The modernized freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component is an amount of money that is calculated each quarter by multiplying the aggregate amount of HASP directed payments due to PHPs in the current quarter for reimbursements to freestanding psychiatric hospitals that are not attributable to newly eligible individuals by the nonfederal share for not newly eligible individuals." SECTION 2.(h) G.S.
Senate Bill 177-Second Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 "(d) Funding of the QEBA.
108A-146.13 reads as rewritten:
– The QEBA shall be unfunded within the meaning of federal tax laws.
"§ 108A-146.13.
No payee contributions or deferrals, direct or indirect, by election or otherwise shall be made or allowed.
Modernized presumptive IGT adjustment component.
The benefit liability for the QEBA shall be determined each fiscal year, and assets shall not be accumulated to pay benefits in future fiscal years.
… (c) The modernized presumptive IGT adjustment component is an amount of money equal to the sum of all of the following subcomponents:
All of the following apply to employer contributions required to pay benefits under the QEBA:
(1) The public hospital IGT subcomponent is the total of the following amounts:
(1) The Board of Trustees, upon the recommendation of the actuary engaged by the Board of Trustees, shall determine the employer contributions required to pay the benefits due under the QEBA for each fiscal year.
a.
(2) The required contributions shall be paid by all participating employers.
Sixteen and forty-three hundredths percent (16.43%) of the amount of money that is equal to the total modernized nonfederal receipts under G.S.
(3) The required contributions shall be deposited in a separate fund from the fund into which regular employer contributions are deposited for the Retirement System.
108A-146.5(b) for the current quarter minus the modernized acute care hospital HASP component under G.S.
The benefit liability for the QEBA shall be determined each fiscal year, and assets shall not be accumulated to paybenefits in future fiscal years.
108A-146.10 for the current quarter and minus the modernized freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component under G.S.
(4) A portion of the employer contribution rate established for retirement benefits as a percentage of covered salaries for teachers, State employees, and State law enforcement officers may be deposited into the separate fund established in accordance with subdivision (3) of this subsection.
108A-146.10A for the current quarter.
The amount of the portion allowable under this subdivision shall not exceed one-hundredths percent (0.01%) in any given fiscal year." SECTION 3.2.(e) The State contribution to the North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund is increased by three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium resulting in a total State contribution of twenty million seven hundred fifty-two thousand two hundred eight dollars ($20,752,208) for each fiscal year.
b.
CONTRIBUTION-RELATED APPROPRIATIONS SECTION 3.3.
Sixty percent (60%) of the nonfederal share for not newly eligible individuals of the aggregate amount of HASP directed payments due to PHPs in the current quarter for reimbursements to public acute care hospitals and that are not attributable to newly eligible individuals.
There is transferred from the General Fund to a Benefits Contributions Reserve in the Office of State Budget and Management the sum of one hundred ninety-seven million five hundred sixty-three thousand one hundred thirty-three dollars ($197,563,133) in recurring funds to be distributed accordingly to account for the State contributions required by this Part and the funds distributed are appropriated for this purpose.
(2) The UNC Health Care System IGT subcomponent is the total of the following amounts:
PART IV.
a.
MISCELLANEOUS DISASTER FUNDING SECTION4.1.(a) LumberRiverBasin Funding.
Four and sixty-two hundredths percent (4.62%) of the difference of amount of money that is equal to the total modernized nonfederal receipts under G.S.
– TheStateControllershall transfer the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year of the funds allocated to the Department of Environmental Quality from the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund as referenced in Section 40.7 of S.L.
108A-146.5(b) for the current quarter minus the modernized acute care hospital HASP component under Senate Bill 177-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 G.S.
2021-180, as amended, to Robeson CountyforStatematchingrequirements forfederal fundingforthecommunity-led LumberRiver Basin Coalition waterway restoration project due to damage from Potential Tropical Cyclone #8 and Tropical Storm Debby.
108A-146.10 for the current quarter and minus the modernized freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component under G.S.
SECTION 4.1.(b) Reversion.
108A-146.10A for the current quarter.
– Remaining unspent funds appropriated under this section shall revert to theState Capital and Infrastructure Fund to be used for the original purpose set forth in Section 40.7 of S.L.
b.
2021-180, as amended, if not used to draw down federal funds before the expiration of the federal deadline to receive those funds.
The nonfederal share for not newly eligible individuals of the aggregate amount of HASP directed payments due to PHPs in the current quarter for reimbursements to UNC Health Care System hospitals that are not attributable to newly eligible individuals.
SECTION 4.2.(a) Statewide Agricultural Disaster Crop Loss Funding.
(3) The East Carolina University IGT subcomponent is the total of the following amounts:
– There is appropriated from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the sum of one hundred forty-two million dollars ($142,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year for the Agricultural Disaster Page 6 Senate Bill 177-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Crop Loss Program (Program), established in Section 2D.2(a) of S.L.
a.
2025-2, for verifiable losses from an agricultural disaster in 2024.
One and four hundredths percent (1.04%) of the difference of amount of money that is equal to the total modernized nonfederal receipts under G.S.
SECTION 4.2.(b) Funding Requirements.
108A-146.5(b) for the current quarter minus the modernized acute care hospital HASP component under G.S.
– Funds allocated to the Program under this section shall be subject to all requirements of Section 2D.2 of S.L.
108A-146.10 for the current quarter and minus the modernized freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component under G.S.
2025-2.
108A-146.10A for the current quarter.
The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall include these funds in the reporting requirements set forth in Section 2D.2(i) of S.L.
b.
2025-2.
The nonfederal share for not newly eligible individuals of the aggregate amount of HASP directed payments due to PHPs in the current quarter for reimbursements to the primary affiliated teaching hospital for the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine that are not attributable to newly eligible individuals." SECTION 3.(a) G.S.
Section 2D.2(h) of S.L.
108A-147.1 reads as rewritten:
2025-2 does not apply to these funds.
"§ 108A-147.1.
SECTION 4.3.(a) Receipt of Allocations.
Public hospital health advancement assessment.
– A recipient of State funds underthis Part shall use best efforts and take all reasonable steps to obtain alternative funds that cover the losses or needs for which the State funds are provided, including funds from insurance policies in effect and available federal aid.
(a) The public hospital health advancement assessment imposed under this Part shall apply to all public acute care hospitals.
State funds paid under this Part are declared to be excess over funds received by a recipient from the settlement of a claim for loss or damage covered under the recipient's applicable insurance policy in effect or federal aid.
(b) The public hospital health advancement assessment shall be assessed as a percentage of each public acute care hospital's hospital costs.
Where a recipient is an institution of higher education or a non-State entity, the requirement regarding alternative funds and the calculation of alternative funds received under this subsection includes seekingprivate donations to help cover the losses or needs for which State funds are provided.
The assessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department in accordance with this Part.
An agency awarding State funds for disaster relief shall include a notice to the recipient of the requirements of this subsection.
The percentage for each quarter shall equal the aggregate acute care hospital health advancement assessment collection amount calculated under G.S.
SECTION 4.3.(b) Remittance of Funds.
108A-147.3 multiplied by the public hospital historical assessment share and divided by the total hospital costs for all public acute care hospitals holding a license on the first day of the assessment quarter." SECTION 3.(b) G.S.
– If a recipient obtains alternative funds pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the recipient shall remit the funds to the State agency from which the State funds were received.
108A-147.2 reads as rewritten:
A recipient is not required to remit any amount in excess of the State funds provided to the recipient under this Part.
"§ 108A-147.2.
The State agencyshall transfer these funds to the Savings Reserve.
Private hospital health advancement assessment.
SECTION 4.3.(c) Contract Requirements.
(a) The private hospital health advancement assessment imposed under this Part shall apply to all private acute care hospitals.
– Any contract or other instrument entered into by a recipient for receipt of funds under this Part shall include the requirements set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
(b) The private hospital health advancement assessment shall be assessed as a percentage of each private acute care hospital's hospital costs.
SECTION 4.3.(d) Limitation on Powers of Governor.
The assessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department in accordance with this Part.
– The Governor may not use the funds described in this Part to make budget adjustments under G.S.
The percentage for each quarter shall equal the aggregate acute care hospital health advancement assessment collection amount calculated under G.S.
143C-6-4 or to make reallocations under G.S.
108A-147.3 multiplied by the private hospital historical assessment share and divided by the total hospital costs for all private acute care hospitals holding a license on the first day of the assessment quarter." SECTION 3.(c) Part 3 of Article 7B of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
166A-19.40(c).
"§ 108A-147.2A.
Nothing in this Part shall be construed to prohibit the Governor from exercising the Governor's authority under these statutes with respect to funds other than those described in this Part.
Freestanding psychiatric hospital health advancement assessment.
SECTION 4.3.(e) Directive.
(a) The freestanding psychiatric hospital health advancement assessment imposed under this Part shall apply to all freestanding psychiatric hospitals.
– The Governor shall ensure that funds allocated in this Part are expended in a manner that does not adversely affect any person's or entity's eligibility for federal funds that are made available, or that are anticipated to be made available, as a result of natural disasters.
(b) The freestanding psychiatric hospital health advancement assessment shall be assessedasapercentageofeachfreestandingpsychiatrichospital'shospitalcosts.Theassessment percentage shall be calculated quarterly by the Department in accordance with this Part.
The Governor shall also, to the extent practicable, avoid using State funds to cover costs that will be, or likely will be, covered by federal funds.
The Page 4 Senate Bill 177-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 percentage for each quarter shall equal the health advancement freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component calculated under G.S.
SECTION 4.3.(f) Continuation of Allocation Reporting Requirements.
108A-147.6A divided by the total hospital costs for all freestanding psychiatric hospitals holding a license on the first day of the assessment quarter." SECTION 3.(d) G.S.
– OSBM shall add the appropriations and allocations providedfor in this Partto thereporting requirements set forth in Section 4.1(g) of S.L.
108A-147.3 reads as rewritten:
2025-2.
"§ 108A-147.3.
SECTION 4.3.(g) Continuation of State Auditor Oversight.
Aggregate acute care hospital health advancement assessment collection amount.
– The Office of the Governor of North Carolina shall continue the reporting requirements set forth in Section 4.2 of S.L.2025-2forfundsdescribedinthisPart.TheStateAuditorshallincludeallfundsappropriated and allocatedunderthis Partin their reportto the Joint Legislative CommissiononGovernmental Operations and include the expenditure of these funds in the public dashboard as set forth in Sections 4.2(c) and (d) of S.L.
(a) The aggregate health advancement assessment collection amount is an amount of money that is calculated quarterly by adjusting the total nonfederal receipts for health advancement calculated under subsection (b) of this section by (i) subtracting the health advancement presumptive IGT adjustment component calculated under G.S.
2025-2.
108A-147.9, (ii) adding the positive or negative health advancement IGT actual receipts adjustment component calculated under G.S.
SECTION 4.4.
108A-147.10, and (iii) subtracting the positive or negative IGT share of the reconciliation adjustment component calculated under G.S.
If Senate Bill 401, 2025 Regular Session, becomes law, then Part II of that act is repealed.
108A-147.11(b).
PART V.
(b) The total nonfederal receipts for health advancement is an amount of money that is calculated quarterly by adding all of the following:
EFFECTIVE DATE SECTION 5.1.
(1) The presumptive service cost component calculated under G.S.
Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective July 1, 2025.
108A-147.5.
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(2) The HASP health advancement acute care hospital HASP component calculated under G.S.
108A-147.6.
(2a) The health advancement freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component calculated under G.S.
108A-147.6A.
(3) The administration component calculated under G.S.
108A-147.7.
(4) The State retention component under G.S.
108A-147.9.
(5) The positive or negative health advancement reconciliation adjustment component calculated under G.S.
108A-147.11(a).
(c) The aggregate acute care hospital health advancement assessment collection amount is an amount of money equal to the aggregate health advancement assessment collection amount under subsection (a) of this section minus the health advancement freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component under G.S.
108A-147.6A." SECTION 3.(e) G.S.
108A-147.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 108A-147.5.
Presumptive service cost component.
(a) ForeveryState fiscal quarterpriorto the fiscal quarterin whichG.S.
108A-54.3A(24) becomes effective, the presumptive service cost component is zero.
(b) For the State fiscal quarter in which G.S.
108A-54.3A(24) becomes effective, the presumptive service cost component is the product of forty-eight million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($48,750,000) multiplied bythe number of months in that State fiscal quarter in which G.S.
108A-54.3A(24) is effective during any part of the month.
(c) For the first State fiscal quarter after the State fiscal quarter in which G.S.
108A-54.3A(24)becomeseffective,thepresumptiveservicecost component is onehundred forty-six million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($146,250,000).
(d) For the second State fiscal quarter after the State fiscal quarter in which G.S.
108A-54.3A(24) becomes effective, and for each State fiscal quarter thereafter, the presumptive service cost component is an amount of money that is the greatest of the following:
(1) The prior quarter's presumptive service cost component amount.
(2) The prior quarter's presumptive service cost component amount increased by a percentage that is the sum of each monthly percentage change in the Consumer Price Index:
Medical Care for the most recent three months available on the first day of the current quarter.
(3) The prior quarter's presumptive service cost component amount increased by the percentage change in the weighted average of the base capitation rates for standard benefit plans for all rating groups associated with newly eligible individuals compared to the prior quarter.
The weight for each rating group Senate Bill 177-First Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 shall be calculated using member months documented in the Medicaid managed care capitation rate certification for standard benefit plans.
(4) The prior quarter's presumptive service cost component amount increased by the percentage change in the weighted average of the base capitation rates for BH IDD tailored plans for all rating groups associated with newly eligible individuals compared to the prior quarter.
The weight for each rating group shall be calculated using member months documented in the Medicaid managed care capitation rate certification for BH IDD tailored plans.
(5) The amount produced from multiplying 1.15 by the highest amount produced when calculating, for each quarter that is at least two and not more than five quarters prior to the current quarter, the actual nonfederal expenditures for the applicable quarter minus the HASP health advancement acute care hospital HASP component calculated under G.S.
108A-147.6 for the applicable quarter and minus the health advancement freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component calculated under G.S.
108A-147.6A for the applicable quarter." SECTION 3.(f) G.S.
108A-147.6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 108A-147.6.
HASP health Health advancement acute care hospital HASP component.
The HASP health advancement acute care hospital HASP component is an amount of money that is calculated by multiplying the aggregate amount of HASP directed payments due to PHPs in the current quarter for hospital reimbursements to acute care hospitals attributable to newly eligible individuals by the nonfederal share for newly eligible individuals." SECTION 3.(g) Part 3 of Article 7B of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 108A-147.6A.
Health advancement freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component.
The health advancement freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component is an amount of money that is calculated by multiplying the aggregate amount of HASP directed payments due to PHPs in the current quarter for reimbursements to freestanding psychiatric hospitals attributable to newly eligible individuals by the nonfederal share for newly eligible individuals." SECTION 3.(h) G.S.
108A-147.11 reads as rewritten:
"§ 108A-147.11.
Health advancement reconciliation adjustment component.
(a) The health advancement reconciliation adjustment component is a positive or negative dollar amount equal to the actual nonfederal expenditures for the quarter that is two quarters prior to the current quarter minus the sum of the following specified amounts:
(1) The presumptive service cost component calculated under G.S.
108A-147.5 for the quarter that is two quarters prior to the current quarter.
(2) The positive or negative gross premiums tax offset amount calculated under G.S.
108A-147.12(b).
(3) The HASP health advancement acute care hospital HASP component calculated under G.S.
108A-147.6 for the quarter that is two quarters prior to the current quarter.
(4) The health advancement freestanding psychiatric hospital HASP component calculated under G.S.
108A-147.6A for the quarter that is two quarters prior to the current quarter.
(b) The IGT share of the reconciliation adjustment component is a positive or negative dollar amount that is calculated bymultiplyingthe health advancement reconciliation adjustment component calculated under subsection (a) of this section by the share of public hospital costs calculated under subsection (c) of this section.
(c) The share of public hospital costs is calculated by adding total hospital costs for the UNC Health Care System, total hospital costs for the primary affiliated teaching hospital for the East Carolina University BrodySchool of Medicine, and sixtypercent (60%) of the total hospital Page 6 Senate Bill 177-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 costs for all public acute care hospitals and dividing that sum by the total hospital costs for all acute care hospitals except for critical access hospitals." SECTION 4.
Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective on the first day of the next assessment quarter after the date this act becomes law and applies to assessments imposed on or after that date.
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  1. Special Message Sent To Senate

  2. Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub

  3. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  4. Reptd Fav

  5. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  6. Added to Calendar

  7. Amend Adopted A1

  8. Amend Failed A2

  9. Passed 2nd Reading

  10. Passed 3rd Reading

  11. Ordered Engrossed

  12. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  13. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  14. Withdrawn From Com

  15. Re-ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  16. Reptd Fav

  17. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  18. Withdrawn From Com

  19. Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  20. Passed 1st Reading

  21. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  22. Regular Message Sent To House

  23. Regular Message Received From Senate

  24. Passed 3rd Reading

  25. Passed 2nd Reading

  26. Reptd Fav

  27. Reptd Fav

  28. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  29. Withdrawn From Com

  30. Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  31. Reptd Fav

  32. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  33. Passed 1st Reading

  34. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  35. Withdrawn From Com

  36. Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  37. Filed

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Votes

Motion 9 To Concur

Failed 0 Yea · 37 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 01109
Republican 02604
Total 037013
% of votes cast 0%74%0%26%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Caleb Theodros Democratic Not Voting
Dan Blue Democratic Not Voting
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Not Voting
Gale Adcock Democratic Not Voting
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Not Voting
Haseeb Fatmi Democratic Nay
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Nay
Jonah Garson Democratic Nay
Joyce Waddell Democratic Nay
Julie Mayfield Democratic Nay
Kandie D. Smith Democratic Not Voting
Lisa Grafstein Democratic Nay
Michael Garrett Democratic Not Voting
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Nay
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Nay
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Nay
Sophia Chitlik Democratic Not Voting
Sydney Batch Democratic Not Voting
Val Applewhite Democratic Nay
Woodson Bradley Democratic Nay
Amy S. Galey Republican Nay
Benton G. Sawrey Republican Nay
Bill Rabon Republican Nay
Bob Brinson Republican Nay
Bobby Hanig Republican Nay
Brad Overcash Republican Nay
Brent Jackson Republican Nay
Carl Ford Republican Nay
Chris Measmer Republican Nay
Dana Jones Republican Nay
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Not Voting
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Nay
Eddie D. Settle Republican Nay
Jim Burgin Republican Not Voting
Kevin Corbin Republican Nay
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Nay
Mark Hollo Republican Nay
Michael A. Lazzara Republican Nay
Michael V. Lee Republican Nay
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Nay
Paul Newton Republican Nay
Phil Berger Republican Nay
Ralph Hise Republican Nay
Steve Jarvis Republican Nay
Timothy D. Moffitt Republican Nay
Todd Johnson Republican Not Voting
Tom McInnis Republican Nay
Vickie Sawyer Republican Nay
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
Warren Daniel Republican Nay

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A2 Rubin Second Reading

Failed 45 Yea · 63 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 41002
Unaffiliated 3300
Republican 16007
U 0002
Total 4563011
% of votes cast 38%53%0%9%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
F. Jackson — Yea
CharlesSmith — Yea
vonHaefen — Yea
Campbell — Nay
Reeder — Nay
CarsonSmith — Nay
Abe Jones Democratic Yea
Aisha O. Dew Democratic Yea
Allen Buansi Democratic Yea
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Yea
Amber M. Baker Democratic Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Not Voting
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Beth Helfrich Democratic Yea
Brian Turner Democratic Yea
Bryan Cohn Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Jordan Lopez Democratic Yea
Julia Greenfield Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Yea
Laura Budd Democratic Yea
Lindsey Prather Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Yea
Maria Cervania Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Yea
Mike Colvin Democratic Yea
Monika Johnson-Hostler Democratic Yea
Phil Rubin Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Rodney D. Pierce Democratic Yea
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Yea
Tim Longest Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Vernetta Alston Democratic Yea
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Not Voting
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Nay
Allen Chesser Republican Nay
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Not Voting
Bill Ward Republican Nay
Blair Eddins Republican Nay
Brenden H. Jones Republican Not Voting
Brian Biggs Republican Nay
Brian Echevarria Republican Nay
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Nay
Charles W. Miller Republican Nay
Chris Humphrey Republican Nay
Cody Huneycutt Republican Nay
David Willis Republican Not Voting
Dean Arp Republican Nay
Dennis Riddell Republican Nay
Destin Hall Republican Not Voting
Diane Wheatley Republican Nay
Donna McDowell White Republican Nay
Donnie Loftis Republican Nay
Donny Lambeth Republican Nay
Dudley Greene Republican Nay
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Nay
Erin Paré Republican Nay
Frank Iler Republican Nay
Harry Warren Republican Nay
Heather H. Rhyne Republican Nay
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Nay
Hugh Blackwell Republican Nay
Jake Johnson Republican Nay
Jarrod Lowery Republican Nay
Jay Adams Republican Nay
Jeff Zenger Republican Nay
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Nay
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Nay
Jerry "Alan" Branson Republican Nay
Jimmy Dixon Republican Nay
John A. Torbett Republican Nay
John M. Blust Republican Not Voting
John R. Bell, IV Republican Nay
John Sauls Republican Not Voting
Jonathan L. Almond Republican Nay
Joseph Pike Republican Nay
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Nay
Keith Kidwell Republican Nay
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Nay
Kyle Hall Republican Nay
Larry C. Strickland Republican Nay
Larry W. Potts Republican Nay
Mark Brody Republican Nay
Mark Pless Republican Nay
Matthew Winslow Republican Nay
Mike Clampitt Republican Nay
Mike Schietzelt Republican Nay
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Nay
Neal Jackson Republican Not Voting
Paul Scott Republican Nay
Phil Shepard Republican Nay
Ray Pickett Republican Nay
Sam Watford Republican Nay
Sarah Stevens Republican Nay
Stephen M. Ross Republican Nay
Steve Tyson Republican Nay
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Nay
Todd Carver Republican Nay
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Nay
William D. Brisson Republican Nay
Wyatt Gable Republican Nay
Carla D. Cunningham U Not Voting
Nasif Majeed U Not Voting

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Second Reading

Passed 77 Yea · 33 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 103201
Unaffiliated 5100
Republican 62006
U 0002
Total 773309
% of votes cast 65%28%0%8%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
CharlesSmith — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Reeder — Yea
vonHaefen — Nay
C. Smith — Yea
F. Jackson — Yea
Abe Jones Democratic Nay
Aisha O. Dew Democratic Nay
Allen Buansi Democratic Nay
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Nay
Amber M. Baker Democratic Nay
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Not Voting
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Nay
Beth Helfrich Democratic Nay
Brian Turner Democratic Nay
Bryan Cohn Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Nay
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Nay
Eric Ager Democratic Nay
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Nay
James Roberson Democratic Nay
Jordan Lopez Democratic Nay
Julia Greenfield Democratic Nay
Kanika Brown Democratic Nay
Laura Budd Democratic Nay
Lindsey Prather Democratic Nay
Marcia Morey Democratic Nay
Maria Cervania Democratic Nay
Mary Belk Democratic Nay
Mike Colvin Democratic Yea
Monika Johnson-Hostler Democratic Nay
Phil Rubin Democratic Nay
Pricey Harrison Democratic Nay
Renée A. Price Democratic Nay
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Nay
Rodney D. Pierce Democratic Nay
Sarah Crawford Democratic Nay
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Nay
Tim Longest Democratic Nay
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Vernetta Alston Democratic Nay
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Nay
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Not Voting
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Blair Eddins Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Not Voting
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Brian Echevarria Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
Cody Huneycutt Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Not Voting
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Heather H. Rhyne Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jarrod Lowery Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Yea
Jerry "Alan" Branson Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Not Voting
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Not Voting
Jonathan L. Almond Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Yea
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mike Schietzelt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Not Voting
Paul Scott Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Todd Carver Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Wyatt Gable Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Not Voting
Nasif Majeed U Not Voting

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