North Carolina 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H571 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/27/2025

                    GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 
SESSION 2025 
H 	D 
HOUSE BILL DRH10274-LGa-118  
 
 
 
Short Title: Funds for PTSD Treatment for Police Officers. 	(Public) 
Sponsors: Representative Paré. 
Referred to:  
 
*DRH10274 -LGa-118* 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO 2 
ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM TO TREAT POLICE OFF ICERS WHO HAVE BEEN 3 
DIAGNOSED WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) . 4 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 6 
Public Safety the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 7 
2025-2026 fiscal year to assist the Department in establishing a grant program to treat police 8 
officers who have been diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 9 
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 10 
H.B. 571
Mar 27, 2025
HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK