H259 - 2023 Appropriations Act. (SL 2023-134)

Overview: Section 4.10 of S.L. 2023-134 recodifies many of the existing provisions relating to the University of North Carolina Health Care System and the East Carolina University Health Care System. It expands some of those provisions, giving the Board of Directors and Chancellor more authority, and it allows the UNC System to purchase insurance or self-insure against medical malpractice claims. It clarifies that the UNC System is a State agency and states that employees of both systems hired on or after January 1, 2024, are ineligible to participate in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System. Finally, the act makes conforming changes throughout the General Statutes, appropriates $420 million to the NC Care Initiative, and contains reporting requirements.

The appropriation and reporting provisions became effective July 1, 2023. The remaining provisions became effective October 3, 2023.