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S987 • 2025

Lower Healthcare Costs.

Lower Healthcare Costs.

Healthcare Labor
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Batch, Grafstein, Bradley, Murdock, Salvador, Smith, Waddell
Last action
2026-05-05
Official status
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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

Lower Healthcare Costs.

Lower Healthcare Costs.

What This Bill Does

  • Lower Healthcare Costs.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-05 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  2. 2026-05-05 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2026-05-04 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  4. 2026-05-04 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  5. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Lower Healthcare Costs.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 987

Short Title: Lower Healthcare Costs. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Batch, Grafstein, and Bradley (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
May 4, 2026
*S987-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PREVENT RE DUCTIONS IN TAKE-HOME PAY FOR STATE EMPL OYEES 2
DUE TO INCREASES IN THE NORTH CAROLINA S TATE HEALTH PLAN FOR 3
TEACHERS AND STATE EMPLOYEES PLAN PREMIUMS. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. Article 9 of Chapter 143C of the General Statutes is amended by adding 6
a new section to read: 7
"§ 143C-9-11. Fund for State Employee Premium Stabilization. 8
(a) Intent. – It is the intent of the General Assembly to prevent reductions in the net 9
income of State employees due to increases in the North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers 10
and State Employees premiums. 11
(b) Creation. – The Fund for State Employee Premium Stabilization is established as a 12
special fund in the Department of State Treasurer. 13
(c) Use of Funds. – The State Treasurer, in consultation with the Director of the Office 14
of State Human Resources, shall administer the Fund for State Employee Premium Stabilization. 15
These funds shall be used to supplement State employee compensation in a man ner that 16
maintains, or seeks to maintain, the net income of State employees in the event of an increase in 17
the monthly premiums required for participation in the North Carolina State Health Plan for 18
Teachers and State Employees. 19
(d) Rules for Administration of Fund. – The State Treasurer, after consultation with the 20
Director of the Office of State Human Resources, shall adopt rules regarding the administration 21
of the Fund for State Employee Premium Stabilization." 22
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding G.S. 115C-562.8 and any other provision of law to 23
the contrary, the State Education Assistance Authority shall transfer to the Fund for State 24
Employee Premium Stabilization the sum of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) in 25
nonrecurring funds that were approp riated to the Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve 26
for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year to be used for the award of scholarships in the 2026 -2027 fiscal 27
year. 28
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 29