H125 - North Carolina Health and Human Services Workforce Act. (SL 2023-129)

Overview: S.L. 2023-129 makes numerous changes that impact the workforce in the health and human services sector. Sections of the act include the following: allows military relocation licenses for physician and physician assistant servicemembers and spouses; modifies the hearing aid dealers and fitters laws with regard to over-the-counter hearing aids; modifies behavior analyst credentialing; makes modifications to optometry laws; requires evaluation of federal requirements and, if appropriate, requires development of a plan to transition the nurse aide I education and training program from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Board of Nursing; protects health care workers from violence; extends flexibility for ambulance transport; updates statutes governing the practice of audiology; adjusts Medicaid reimbursement for dental procedures performed in ambulatory centers; and amends the definition of a "bar" in the sanitation statutes.

The audiology portion of the act was amended by Section 2.7 of S.L. 2023-141.

This act has various effective dates. Please see full summary for more details.