North Carolina HB 690: Greenville-Eastern NC Alliance/Funds.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 3
HOUSE BILL 690
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/29/25
Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 5/6/25

Short Title: The Citizens Support Act. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 3, 2025
*H690-v-3*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE 2
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, THE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY, AND LOCAL 3
HOUSING AUTHORITIES TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND REPORT ON A PLAN 4
TO ENSURE THAT STATE-FUNDED BENEFITS PROVIDED BY OR THROUGH 5
THESE STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES ARE AVAILABLE ONLY TO UNITED 6
STATES CITIZENS AND NONCITIZENS RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES WITH 7
LEGAL PERMISSION; DIRECTING THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THE 8
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM AND THE NORTH CAROLINA 9
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A POLICY TO 10
VERIFY THAT ALL APPLICANTS FOR ENROLLMENT ARE LEGALLY 11
AUTHORIZED TO RESIDE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR DETERMINING 12
ELIGIBILITY FOR IN-STATE TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID; AND DIRECTING 13
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, TO 14
ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A POLICY TO VERIFY THAT ALL APPLICANTS FOR 15
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ARE LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO RESIDE IN THE 16
UNITED STATES. 17
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 18
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PART I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 20
SECTION 1. To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department of Health and 21
Human Services (DHHS) shall take all steps necessary to cease providing State-funded benefits 22
to noncitizens residing in the United States without legal permission. 23
SECTION 2. To the extent permitted by federal law, the DHHS shall develop and 24
implement a plan to review and update the eligibility criteria for all State-funded benefits to 25
ensure that noncitizens determined to be residing in the United States without legal permission 26
are ineligible to receive State-funded benefits. As a part of this plan, the DHHS shall develop a 27
method for verifying the immigration status of applicants for State-funded benefits who are 28
noncitizens prior to the initiation of benefits. 29
SECTION 3. By January 15, 2026, the DHHS shall report to the Joint Legislative 30
Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division all of the 31
following: 32
(1) The steps taken to implement Section 1 of this act and the resulting success of 33
those steps. 34

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(2) A list of State-funded benefits for which the DHHS is prohibited from 1
changing. 2
(3) The plan developed and implemented pursuant to Section 2 of this act, which 3
shall include a citation to each federal law or regulation that prohibits the 4
DHHS from denying eligibility for State-funded benefits to noncitizens 5
determined to be residing in the United States without legal permission. 6
SECTION 4. As used in this Part, "State-funded benefits" includes any of the 7
following programs administered by or through a contract with the DHHS but excludes any 8
benefits or services available under these programs to help eligible beneficiaries access food or 9
meals: 10
(1) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Work First). 11
(2) Early Intervention Services. 12
(3) Rental or housing assistance programs. 13
(4) Medication assistance programs. 14
(5) Child care subsidy programs. 15
(6) Foster care and adoption assistance payments. 16
(7) Refugee assistance programs. 17
(8) Low Income Energy Assistance. 18
(9) Work First Cash Assistance and other employment and self-sufficiency 19
training and services. 20
(10) Medicaid. 21
(11) Single-stream funding. 22
(12) Inpatient psychiatric hospital services (3-Way Bed Contracts). 23
(13) The State-County Special Assistance program. 24
(14) Programs funded by the Home and Community Care Block Grant. 25
(15) Caregiver Support programs. 26
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PART II. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY, AND 28
LOCAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES 29
SECTION 5. To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department of Commerce, 30
the Housing Finance Agency, and all local housing authorities established under Chapter 157 of 31
the General Statutes shall take all steps necessary to cease providing publicly funded housing 32
benefits to noncitizens residing in the United States without legal permission. 33
SECTION 6. To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department of Commerce, 34
the Housing Finance Agency, and all local housing authorities established under Chapter 157 of 35
the General Statutes shall each develop and implement a plan to review and update the eligibility 36
criteria for all publicly funded housing benefits to ensure that noncitizens determined to be 37
residing in the United States without legal permission are ineligible to receive publicly funded 38
housing benefits. As a part of this plan, the Department of Commerce, the Housing Finance 39
Agency, and all local housing authorities established under Cha