HB 192 – COVID Response/Supplemental Spending 2020-21

Primary House Sponsors: Rep. Robert Reives, II (D-Chatham, Durham); Rep. Gale Adcock (D-Wake); Rep. Wesley Harris, PhD (D-Mecklenburg); Rep. Brandon Lofton (D-Mecklenburg)

Summary

This bill:

  • Appropriates $30M in nonrecurring funds for the 2020-2021 fiscal year to be allocated to enhance high-speed internet access across the State through a multipronged approach.
  • Appropriates $20M in nonrecurring funds for the 2020-2021 fiscal year for the RETOOLNC grant program to provide additional funds to assist State certified minority-owned and women-owned business in their recovery from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Appropriates $50M nonrecurring funds for the 2020-2021 fiscal year to be used to continue communicable disease emergency pay for employees such as correctional officers and law enforcement officers who work in conditions that put them at increased risk of exposure to COVID-19.
  • Appropriates $64,500,000 to be used for COVID-19 related expenses incurred by the NC State Health Plan.
  • Extends the temporary Medicaid rate increases related to the public health emergency to earlier of (1) the date the declared nationwide public health emergency expires, (2) the date Executive Order No. 116 expires or is rescinded, or (3) June 30, 2021.

Movement

Filed – 3/1/2021