North Carolina HB 534: Sexual Assault Nurse Programs/Funds.

Status: Passed 1st Reading (as of 2025-03-27)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2025 · Bill: HB 534

Subjects: APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGETING; COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES; COMMUNITY COLLEGES; COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFICE; COUNTIES; COURTS; CRIMES; CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HIGHER EDUCATION; NURSES & NURSING; OCCUPATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION; PUBLIC; SEX OFFENSES; WAKE COUNTY; ROWAN COUNTY; CABARRUS COUNTY

Sponsors: Campbell, Ager, Ball, Belk, Carver, Cervania, Clark, Colvin, Cotham, Dew, G. Brown, Harrison, Helfrich, Johnson-Hostler, K. Brown, Logan, Pickett, Potts, Prather, R. Pierce, Rhyne, T. Brown, White, von Haefen

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 534

Short Title: Funds for Sexual Assault Nurse Programs. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Campbell and Johnson-Hostler (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 27, 2025
*H534-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO CERTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO 2
ESTABLISH TRAINING SITES FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community 5
Colleges System Office the sum of seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) in nonrecurring 6
funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to be allocated to Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and 7
Wake Technical Community College in equal amounts to establish training sites for certification 8
as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. 9
SECTION 1.(b) Funds allocated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be 10
used as follows by each community college: 11
(1) Up to one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000) shall be used to hire one 12
full-time faculty member. 13
(2) Up to one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000) shall be used to hire one 14
clinical coordinator. 15
(3) Up to forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) shall be used for equipment and 16
supplies. 17
(4) Up to ninety-five thousand dollars ($95,000) shall be used for program 18
development and accreditation costs. 19
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 20

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