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H857 • 2025
Create Alert/Missing Person w/ Disability.
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Create Alert/Missing Person w/ Disability.
Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Passed 1st Reading
Filed
Create Alert/Missing Person w/ Disability.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 857 Short Title: Create Alert/Missing Person w/ Disability. (Public) Sponsors: Representatives T. Brown, Cunningham, Hawkins, and Alston (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. Referred to: Judiciary 2, if favorable, Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 10, 2025 *H857-v-1* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT CREATING THE NORTH CAROLINA MISSI NG WITH DISABILITY A LERT 2 SYSTEM. 3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 SECTION 1. Subpart B of Part 5 of Article 13 of Chapter 143B of the General 5 Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read: 6 "§ 143B-1022A. North Carolina Missing with Disability Alert System established. 7 (a) There is established within the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons the North 8 Carolina Missing with Disability Alert System. The purpose of the Missing with Disability Alert 9 System is to provide a statewide system for the rapid dissemination of information regarding a 10 missing person or missing child who is believed to be a person with a disability as defined by 11 G.S. 168A-3(7a) that, in light of the person's or child's missing status, requires the person or child 12 to be protected from potential abuse or other physical harm, neglect, or exploitation. 13 (b) If the Center or a law enforcement agency receives a request that involves a missing 14 person or missing child as described in subsection (a) of this section, the Center or law 15 enforcement agency shall issue an alert providing for rapid dissemination of inf ormation 16 statewide regarding the missing person or missing child. The Center or law enforcement agency 17 shall make every effort to disseminate the information as quickly as possible when the person 's 18 or child's status as missing has been reported to a law enforcement agency. 19 (c) The Center and all law enforcement agencies shall adopt guidelines and develop 20 procedures for issuing an alert for missing persons and missing children as described in 21 subsection (a) of this section and shall provide education and t raining to encourage radio and 22 television broadcasters to participate in the alert. The guidelines and procedures shall ensure that 23 specific health information about the missing person or missing child is not made public through 24 the alert or otherwise. 25 (d) The Center and all law enforcement agencies shall consult with the Department of 26 Transportation and develop a procedure for the use of overhead permanent changeable message 27 signs to provide information on the missing person or missing child meeting the cr iteria of this 28 section when information is available that would enable motorists to assist in the recovery of the 29 missing person or missing child. The Center and the Department of Transportation shall develop 30 guidelines for the content, length, and frequen cy of any message to be placed on an overhead 31 permanent changeable message sign." 32 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 33