GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL 571
Short Title: Funds for PTSD Treatment for Police Officers. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Paré, Reeder, Chesser, and Campbell (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 1, 2025
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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 OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN 3
DIAGNOSED WITH POSTT RAUMATIC 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