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S77 • 2025

School Contracted Health Services.

School Contracted Health Services.

Children Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Sawyer, Overcash, Adcock, Burgin, Mohammed, Theodros, Waddell
Last action
2025-07-01
Official status
Ch. SL 2025-40
Effective date
2025-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

School Contracted Health Services.

S77-SMBE-53(sl)-v-2 (2025-09-08): School Contracted Health Services.

What This Bill Does

  • S77-SMBE-53(sl)-v-2 (2025-09-08): School Contracted Health Services.
  • S77-SMBE-6(e1)-v-3 (2025-03-05): School Contracted Health Services.
  • S77-SMBE-7(e2)-v-1 (2025-03-05): School Contracted Health Services.
  • S77-SMBP-59(e2)-v-2 (2025-06-18): School Contracted Health Services.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 77: School Contracted Health Services.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 77: School Contracted Health Services.
  • Analysis of: S.L.
  • 2025-40 Date: July 30, 2025 Prepared by: Legislative Analysis Division Staff Kara McCraw Director *S77-SMBE-53(sl)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
  • S.L.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 77: School Contracted Health Services.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 77: School Contracted Health Services.
  • Committee: Senate Education/Higher Education.
  • If favorable, re-refer to Rules and Operations of the Senate Date: March 5, 2025 Introduced by: Sens.
  • Sawyer, Overcash Prepared by: Brian Gwyn Committee Co-Counsel Analysis of: First Edition Kara McCraw Director *S77-SMBE-6(e1)-v-3* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 77: School Contracted Health Services.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 77: School Contracted Health Services.
  • Committee: Senate Rules and Operations of the Senate Date: March 6, 2025 Introduced by: Sens.
  • Sawyer, Overcash Prepared by: Brian Gwyn Staff Attorney Analysis of: Second Edition Kara McCraw Director *S77-SMBE-7(e2)-v-1* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
  • OVERVIEW: The 2nd edition of Senate Bill 77 would allow parent choice in nursing services for children with disabilities while in school, if certain conditions are met.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 77: School Contracted Health Services.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 77: School Contracted Health Services.
  • Committee: House Health.
  • If favorable, re -refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: June 17, 2025 Introduced by: Sens.
  • Sawyer, Overcash Prepared by: Jessica Boney* Staff Attorney Analysis of: Second Edition Kara McCraw Director *S77-SMBP-59(e2)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 77: School Contracted Health Services.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 77: School Contracted Health Services.
  • Committee: House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: June 18, 2025 Introduced by: Sens.
  • Sawyer, Overcash Prepared by: Jessica Boney Staff Attorney Analysis of: Third Edition Kara McCraw Director *S77-SMBP-63(e3)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
  • OVERVIEW: Senate Bill 77 would allow parent choice in nursing services for children with disabilities while in school, if certain conditions are met.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-01 North Carolina General Assembly

    Ch. SL 2025-40

  2. 2025-07-01 North Carolina General Assembly

    Signed by Gov. 7/1/2025

  3. 2025-06-25 North Carolina General Assembly

    Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2025

  4. 2025-06-24 North Carolina General Assembly

    Ratified

  5. 2025-06-23 Senate

    Ordered Enrolled

  6. 2025-06-23 Senate

    Concurred In H Com Sub

  7. 2025-06-20 Senate

    Placed On Cal For 06/23/2025

  8. 2025-06-20 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  9. 2025-06-18 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  10. 2025-06-18 Senate

    Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub

  11. 2025-06-18 House

    Special Message Sent To Senate

  12. 2025-06-18 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  13. 2025-06-18 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  14. 2025-06-18 House

    Added to Calendar

  15. 2025-06-18 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  16. 2025-06-18 House

    Reptd Fav

  17. 2025-06-17 House

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

  18. 2025-06-17 House

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  19. 2025-06-12 House

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

  20. 2025-06-12 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  21. 2025-05-29 House

    Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  22. 2025-05-29 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  23. 2025-03-13 House

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

  24. 2025-03-13 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  25. 2025-03-12 House

    Regular Message Received From Senate

  26. 2025-03-12 Senate

    Regular Message Sent To House

  27. 2025-03-11 Senate

    Passed 3rd Reading

  28. 2025-03-11 Senate

    Passed 2nd Reading

  29. 2025-03-10 Senate

    Reptd Fav

  30. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  31. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Com Substitute Adopted

  32. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  33. 2025-02-12 Senate

    Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  34. 2025-02-12 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  35. 2025-02-12 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  36. 2025-02-12 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  37. 2025-02-11 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

S77-SMBE-53(sl)-v-2
(2025-09-08): School Contracted Health Services.
S77-SMBE-6(e1)-v-3
(2025-03-05): School Contracted Health Services.
S77-SMBE-7(e2)-v-1
(2025-03-05): School Contracted Health Services.
S77-SMBP-59(e2)-v-2
(2025-06-18): School Contracted Health Services.
S77-SMBP-63(e3)-v-2
(2025-06-18): School Contracted Health Services.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025

SESSION LAW 2025-40
SENATE BILL 77

*S77-v-5*
AN ACT TO ALLOW PARENT CHOICE IN NURSING SERVICE PROVIDERS REQUIRED
BY AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-111.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C-111.2. Contracts with private service providers.
(a) Local educational agencies furnishing special education and related services to
children with disabilities may contract with private special education facilities or service
providers to furnish any of these services that the public providers are unable to furnish.services.
(b) As used in this subsection, "nursing services" are services that may only be provided
by nurses licensed in accordance with Article 9A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes. When
providing nursing services pursuant to a child's IEP, local educational agencies shall assign the
parent's choice of nurse to provide the nursing services required by the child 's IEP if all of the
following apply:
(1) The child received nursing services from the nurse (i) prior to the nursing
services being required by the child's IEP or (ii) prior to the child enrolling in
his or her current school.
(2) The parent's choice of nurse is employed by a nursing agency and willing to
provide the nursing services required by the child's IEP.
(3) The nursing agency employing the parent's choice of nurse is willing to enter
into a contract with the local educational agency that otherwise meets the
standard contract terms required for any other nursing agency contracted by
the local educational agency, including licensing and liability requirements.
(4) The contracted rate is equal to or less than the contracted rate of other nurses
contracted by the local educational agency.
(c) This section shall not be construed to limit the local ed ucational agency 's
responsibility to provide a free appropriate public education."

Page 2 Session Law 2025-40 Senate Bill 77
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with
the 2025-2026 school year.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 2025.

s/ Rachel Hunt
President of the Senate

s/ Destin Hall
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/ Josh Stein
Governor

Approved 10:16 a.m. this 1st day of July, 2025