Relevant bills filed this week: HB 492 Tier II Medicaid Personal Care Services for Alzheimers/Dementia. This act would direct DHHS to develop Tier II- enhanced Medicaid Personal Care Services for persons … Continue reading →
A lot has been happening around the General Assembly this week including changes to LME/MCO, school social workers, health care, the death penalty and more! We’re starting to see many … Continue reading →
2013 NASW-NC Lobby Day Before we jump into legislative action from this week, we would like to thank those who participated in Lobby Day! For the almost 500 social workers … Continue reading →
Week Seven of the 2013 Legislative Session moved quickly. More bills are starting to be filed that impact the profession. If you’d like to contact your legislators about any of … Continue reading →
This week the Governor signed these two bills into law: House Bill 5– Temporary Funding/Group Homes & SCUs. This bill was supported by NASW-NC. It will allow a temporary extension … Continue reading →
Week four of the legislative session continued with committee reports in different meetings. Only a few bills had action this week and two bills were signed into law by the … Continue reading →
Week 3 of session has been another slow one for most committee meetings but some big work has been done. Despite only a few committees meeting, legislators got to work … Continue reading →