A stack of bills from lawmakers looking to modernize the way North Carolina distributes and sells liquor is growing. Another addition to the pile, House Bill 971, would reform the way spirits are stored and sold. The Modern Licensure Model for Alcohol Control, filed Thursday, April 25, by Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson, basically clears a...
Sens. Joyce Waddell, D-Mecklenburg, and Andy Wells, R-Catawba, have filed legislation that would take a big step toward reforming the alcohol control system in North Carolina. The bill is based on recommendations by the N.C. Program Evaluation Division, which presented a report — “Changing how North Carolina Controls Liquor Sales has Operational, Regulatory, and Financial...
The Program Evaluation Division has a compiled and released a comprehensive report that looks at how North Carolina regulates and controls liquor sales and offers ways and legislative options toward changing and modernizing the process. The thoughtful 59-page report, “Changing how North Carolina Controls Liquor Sales has Operational, Regulatory, and Financial Ramifications,” plus appendices, provides...
North Carolina would have to spend $45 million annually to meet the State Board of Education’s recommended ratio of one school nurse for every 750 students. The National Association of School Nurses recommends every school have access to one school nurse, but that could cost state taxpayers $79 million a year. The General Assembly’s Program...
Legislation that could recommend a shift in the state Retiree Health Benefit Fund from a defined-benefit to defined-contribution model passed the House on Thursday by a 114-0 vote and heads to the Senate. The Retiree Health Benefit Fund allocates the state’s share of retiree premiums to the State Health Plan. According to a legislative Program...
The state’s Medicaid program is not detecting or preventing waste, fraud, and abuse due to lack of staff, bureaucratic cooperation, and proper documentation, and the Medicaid Program Integrity Section is paying outside contractors much more to root out those problems than they return in savings, a state Program Evaluation Division report concluded. Chuck Hefren, principal...
Since 2008, the Program Evaluation Division has recommended nearly $80 million in one-time savings and about $60 million in annual operating savings.
