NC Harm Reduction Coalition

Dedicated to the implementation of harm reduction interventions, public health strategies, drug policy transformation, and justice reform in North Carolina and throughout the American South.

Legislative Victories

2017

  • North Carolina: Introduction of Stop Act, North Carolina House Bill 243 
  • North Carolina: Introduction of State Agencies/Adjust Hiring Practices House Bill 409
    • http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H409&submitButton=Go
    • ADJUSTS EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH A CRIMINAL HISTORY.
    • Bill Update: Passed House, currently in Senate

2016

  • North Carolina: Legislative passage of North Carolina House Bill 972 (Syringe Exchange Amendment only, in a law enforcement body cam bill)
    • This bill passed the Senate and House and was signed by the governor
  • North Carolina State Budget: LEAD funding 
    • LEAD was a item allowed to be funded by Governor’s Taskforce on Substance Abuse
  • North Carolina: Introduction of North Carolina Senate Bill 794 (Syringe Exchange)
    • http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S794
    • This bill got moved into a different piece of legislation HB 972
  • North Carolina: Assisted with advocacy and passage of NC Senate Bill 734, allowing for statewide standing order for naloxone via the DHHS Medical Director

2015

  • North Carolina: Passage of North Carolina House Bill 712 (Pilot Project/Used Needle Disposal)
    • This bill passed with unanimous support in the House and Senate.
    • http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H712&submitButton=Go
  • North Carolina: Introduction of North Carolina Senate Bill 377 (Appropriate Funds for Drug Overdose Meds.)
    • This bill was reconsidered as a budget item in the NC Budget
    • http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S377
  • North Carolina: Introduction of North Carolina House Bill 612 (Ban the Box)
    • This bill did not make crossover
    • http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=h+612&submitButton=Go
  • South Carolina: Passage of H3083 (SC Overdose Prevention Act)
  • Tennessee: Passage of SB-0934 (Needlestick Prevention)
    • NCHRC provided initial technical assistance to Tennessee advocates to assist in legislative passage of the bill.
    • SB 0934 is a similar bill to NC’s needlestick prevention bill (HB850 from 2013)
    • http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0924&ga=109
  • Indiana: Passage of SB-406 (Indiana Naloxone Access)
    • NCHRC provided ongoing technical assistance to the bill’s primary sponsor (Merritt) and advocates, to assist in legislative passage of their naloxone legislation (SB406)
    • https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/406#digest-heading

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