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H54 • 2025

Funds for NC APSE.

Funds for NC APSE.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Huneycutt, Howard, Potts, Setzer, Almond, Belk, K. Brown, Butler, Carney, Chesser, Cotham, Crawford, Cunningham, Dahle, Harrison, Hawkins, F. Jackson, Liu, Logan, Lopez, Majeed, Morey, Moss, Penny, R. Pierce, Charles Smith, Ward, White
Last action
2025-02-05
Official status
Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
2025-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Funds for NC APSE.

Funds for NC APSE.

What This Bill Does

  • Funds for NC APSE.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-05 House

    Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-02-05 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-02-04 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Funds for NC APSE.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 54

Short Title: Funds for NC APSE. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Huneycutt, Howard, Potts, and Setzer (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
February 5, 2025
*H54-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FU NDS FOR EVIDENCE -BASED SUPPORTED EMPLOYM ENT 2
SERVICES FOR INDIVID UALS WITH SERIOUS ME NTAL ILLNESS, 3
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 6
Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and 7
Substance Use Services, the sum of one hundred twenty -five thousand dollars ($125,000) in 8
recurring funds for each year of the 2025 -2027 fiscal biennium to be allocated as a grant to the 9
North Carolina Association of People Supporting Employment First (NC APSE) to develop and 10
implement training programs for the Department, including online training modules, on the 11
provision of evidence -based supported employment services for individuals in targeted 12
populations, in order to assist these individuals with preparation for, identification of, and 13
maintenance of integrated, paid, competitive employment. The Depart ment shall make these 14
training programs available throughout the State to (i) employers that have hired or are willing 15
to hire individuals in targeted populations, (ii) service providers of local management 16
entities/managed care organizations, and (iii) an y other entity the Department determines will 17
benefit from receiving this training in order to achieve improved employment outcomes for 18
individuals in targeted populations. As used in this section, "individuals in targeted populations" 19
means individuals with serious mental illness who are not in or at risk of entry into an adult care 20
home and individuals with intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, or both. 21
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 22