Monday Quick Hits: Hot Policy Topics for This Week

North Carolina

Budget:
Last week all of the appropriation subcommittees in the House completed their budgets and voted on their recommendations. The full House budget is expected to come out this week. Looking at the current calendar we are guessing it will be in full House appropriations on Wednesday.

Legislation:

Senate
On Tuesday the Senate Committee on Judiciary II will be taking up SB 1860: Amend Child Abuse. This legislation comes out of the Child Fatality Task Force and would increase the penalty for willful abuse of a child. A willful act of reckless disregard with a child would become a Class E felony if it results in serious bodily injury to the child. The House takes up the same bill on Wednesday in the House Committee on Children, Youth and Families. 

On Wednesday the Senate Committee on Health Care will take up SB 1686: Smoke-Free State and Local Building Grounds. This bill require that the grounds within a certain distance of state-owned or operated buildings be smoke free.  This bill comes out of the Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force.

Also on Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Mental Health & Youth Services will take up SB 1610: Recommendations of MH/DD/SA Oversight Committee.  

House
On Tuesday the House Committee on Children, Youth and Families will take up HB 2338 Hospital Report Child Injuries. This bill would change the way hospitals report child injuries that may be in the physician's professional judgement the result of non-accidental trauma.

Calendar

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

HOUSE:
10:00 a.m. House Committee On Judiciary III, 1425 LB.
HB 2163 (McLawhorn) PITT CO. SHERIFF/ACCESS DHHS DRUG DATA BASE
HB 2390 (Bordsen) RAISE CEILING ON PERSONAL PROP. SALE/GUARDIAN
HB 2391 (Bordsen) NO AUTO. REVOKE/DRIV. LIC./INCOMPETENT PERSON
HB 2492 (Justus) AMEND RELEASE OF JUVENILE ESCAPE INFO

SENATE:
10:00 a.m. Senate Committee On Judiciary II, 1124 LB.
SB 1860 (Allran) AMEND CHILD ABUSE/CHILD FATALITY TASK FORCE

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

HOUSE:
12:00 p.m. House Committee On Children, Youth and Families, 1425 LB.
HB 2338 (Clary) HOSPITAL REPORT CHILD INJURIES
HB 2339 (Clary) AMEND CHILD ABUSE/CHILD FATALITY TASK FORCE
HB 2340 (Earle) TRANSPORTING CHILDREN IN OPEN BED OF VEHICLE
HB 2379 (Barnhart) GUARDIANSHIP STUDY

SENATE:
11:00 a.m. Senate Committee On Health Care, 544 LOB.
SB 1662 (Rand) DISAPPROVE NURSING FACILITY REQUIREMENTS RULE
SB 1686 (Purcell) SMOKE-FREE STATE AND LOCAL BLDG. GROUNDS
SB 1733 (Purcell) HOSPITAL REPORT CHILD INJURIES
SB 1770 (Nesbitt) EXPAND MEDICAL EXAMINER JURISDICTION/FUNDS

12:00 p.m. Senate Committee On Mental Health & Youth Services, 414 LOB.
SB 1610 (Nesbitt) RECOMMENDATIONS OF MH/DD/SA OVERSIGHT COMM