House moves Blue Cross, credit union, PBM bills
With crossover looming just a week away, the scramble to get bills through at least one chamber of the General Assembly before the deadline well and truly began on Thursday.
Month: April 2023
County group objects to charter omnibus
The N.C. Association of County Commissioners says its members don’t want authority to allot capital funding to charter schools and will try to have the idea removed from omnibus legislation that the House Education – K-12committee is scheduled to review today.
Senate mulls antitrust exemption for UNC Health
Senators are weighing a rewrite of the basic governance rules for the UNC Health System that will give it an antitrust exemption and cuts anyone it hires after Nov. 1 out of the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System.
Blue Cross bill starts moving toward a vote
Legislation giving Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina permission to transfer assets to a new nonprofit holding company cleared its first hurdle Tuesday, albeit in a way that suggests the road ahead has at least a few potholes.
Senate bill proposes restrictions on microchipping humans
Media reports suggest at least 11 states have banned employers from forcing their workers to get microchipped. A bill filed in the N.C. Senate just before the Easter holiday would add North Carolina to the list.