S382 - Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes. (SL 2024-57)
Session Year 2024
Overview: Sec. 1C.2 of S.L. 2024‑57 amends G.S. 153A‑221 to allow the Division of Health Service Regulation, Department of Health and Human Services to temporarily waive rules applicable to local confinement facilities during a state of emergency declared by the Governor, a national emergency declared by the President, a public health emergency declared by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or when there is an emergency that poses a risk to prisoners or confinement facility staff.
This bill was vetoed by the Governor on November 26, 2024, and that veto was overridden by the General Assembly on December 11, 2024. This section of the act became effective December 11, 2024.
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