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SB 362 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Strengthen Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.

SB 362 appropriates $1 million annually from 2025-2027 to strengthen North Carolina's Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. It funds $855,000-$893,250 yearly for nine new regional ombudsman positions targeting areas with the greatest need, plus $145,000-$106,750 for operational costs like equipment and transportation. The bill also mandates a study by the Department of Health and Human Services to recommend statutory changes improving the ombudsman program and its volunteer Community Advisory Committees. These changes directly support long-term care residents and their advocates by increasing staffing and program capacity, effective July 1, 2025.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill explicitly appropriates $1M annually for public service program, directly strengthening budget allocation for health services under appropriations subject.90% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareFunds $1M annually for ombudsman program to protect patient rights in long-term care, directly strengthening health services and patient advocacy per bill's purpose and subjects.92% confidence
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 20, 2025 Last action Mar 24, 2025
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This bill update primarily involves administrative and formatting changes rather than substantive policy modifications. The document was transitioned from a filed draft version to an official edition with updated metadata, including a new bill number format and revised filing information.
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Updated document metadata to reflect official filing status, including changing the bill identifier from DRS45141-MGa-89 to S362-v-1 and adding the Rules and Operations of the Senate referral date of March 24, 2025.

Reorganized header information to display the General Assembly and session details in a more standard format with proper page numbering.

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Mar 24, 2025
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Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
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Mar 24, 2025
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Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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Mar 20, 2025
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upper
0 primary · 8 co-sponsors

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