NCCI's Legislative Activity Page is provided "As Is", solely as a reference tool to be used for informational purposes only. This page contains summaries of various workers compensation related bills as initially drafted, which are subject to change and frequently do. The end user is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the information contained herein prior to use for any purpose. The information on this page shall not be construed or interpreted as providing legal or any other advice.
| Makes various changes to the insurance laws of North Carolina, as recommended by the Department of Insurance. | Senate | 5/4/2023 | SB 452 | In House Committee | 2023 | | Makes permanent the Firefighters' Health Benefits Pilot Program and renames it the Firefighters' Cancer Insurance Program; modifies the current percentage distribution of the gross premiums tax to fund the program; sets a maximum reserve for the Workers Compensation Fund; and provides an alternative means of background checks for firefighting and prevention services applicants living in North Carolina for longer than five years. | Senate | 4/28/2023 | SB 326 | In House Committee | 2023 | | Relates to the Uniform Worker Classification Act. | Senate | 4/11/2023 | SB 721 | In Senate Committee | 2023 | | Relates to the Economic Security Act. | House | 4/4/2023 | HB 541 | In House Committee | 2023 | | Relates to the North Carolina Compassionate Care Act. | Senate | 3/7/2023 | SB 3 | In House Committee | 2023 | | Requires sole proprietors to maintain workers compensation insurance. | House | 2/28/2023 | HB 183 | In House Committee | 2023 | | Makes various changes to the insurance laws of North Carolina. | House | 2/16/2023 | HB 127 | In House Committee | 2023 | | Amends the insurance rate-making laws. | Senate | 1/2/2023 | SB 271 | Failed | 2021 | | Providing that law enforcement officers, firefighters, 911 dispatchers, and emergency management services personnel are entitled to workers compensation benefits for psychological trauma under specified circumstances. | House | 1/2/2023 | HB 492 | Failed | 2021 | | Enacts the Uniform Worker Classification Act. | House | 1/2/2023 | HB 867 | Failed | 2021 | | Amends and to make clarifying changes to various insurance laws, as recommended by the Department of Insurance. In part, changes notification requirements relating to workers compensation carriers. | Senate | 7/11/2022 | SB 496 | Enacted | 2021 | | Amends the workers compensation law to provide occupational disease coverage for first responders and health care workers who contract coronavirus. | House | 5/4/2020 | HB 1056 | In House Committee | 2020 | | Amends the workers compensation law to create a rebuttable presumption that first responders, health care workers, and essential service workers who are infected with the coronavirus contracted the disease in the course of employment, requiring that local governmental employers credit first responders and health care workers for leave taken while quarantined, and appropriating funds to the office of state human resources to settle state employee workers compensation claims related to the coronavirus pandemic. | House | 5/4/2020 | HB 1057 | In House Committee | 2020 | | Creates a presumption that certain cancers are occupational diseases for firefighters employed by units of local government that are covered by the Workers' Compensation Act. | House | 1/22/2020 | HB 520 | Carry-over | | | Provides that law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency management services personnel are entitled to workers compensation benefits for mental or nervous injuries whether or not such injuries are accompanied by physical injuries under specified circumstances. | House | 1/22/2020 | HB 622 | Carry-over | |
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