North Carolina SB 855: Recodification of Criminal Laws.

Status: Reptd Fav Com Substitute (as of 2020-06-09)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2019 · Bill: SB 855

Subjects: APPOINTMENTS, APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGETING, COURTS, CRIMES, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY, GENERAL STATUTES, MEMBERSHIP, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, PUBLIC, REPORTS, SPEAKER, STUDIES, UNC, SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, MINORITY LEADER (HOUSE), MINORITY LEADER (SENATE), CRIMINAL LAW WORKING GROUP

Sponsors: Daniel, Wells, Britt, J. Jackson, Sanderson, Smith

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 855

Short Title: Community-Based Pharmacy Protections. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Hise, Galey, and Burgin (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 29, 2026
*S855-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO INCLUDE ALL COMMUNITY-BASED PHARMACIES OPERATING UNDER 2
INDEPENDENT OWNERSHIP IN THE DEFINITION OF INDEPENDENT PHARMACY. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 58-51-37(6) reads as rewritten: 5
"(6) Independent pharmacy. – A pharmacy that is part of a group has a limited 6
market of 10 or fewer pharmacies under common ownership, including a 7
pharmacy that is part of a group of one.states and that meets at least one of the 8
following criteria: 9
a. Is non-publicly traded. 10
b. Has a pharmacy-focused core business objective." 11
SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2026, there is appropriated from the General Fund to 12
the Department of Insurance the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in nonrecurring 13
funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be used to support the implementation and enforcement of 14
the provisions of S.L. 2025-69, also known as The SCRIPT Act. 15
SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 16
law. 17

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