Bills Passed by General Assembly in 2003 Legislative
Session of Particular Interest to Aging Advocates

(For information on a particular bill, go to the website for the General Assembly,
http://www.ncleg.net/homePage.pl, and type in bill number under “bill look up”).

House Bills

H55 – Honor Retiring Firefighters
H48 – North Carolina: Moving Ahead
H80 – Reports to Mental Health Oversight Committee
H223 – Vocational Rehabilitation Students in Community Colleges/Funds
H237 – Nurses’ Special Registration Plate
H253 – Continuing Care Retirement/Technical Changes
H273 – Adverse Reactions to Smallpox Vaccination
H331 – Retirement System Technical Changes
H397 – 2003 Budget Act
H461 – Interpreter Licensure Effective Date
H474 – Amend Mecklenburg Law Enforcement Pension Fund
H543 – Broaden Coverage/Fire and Rescue Pension
H570 – City of Lumberton Fireman’s Fund
H656 – Amend Trust Administration Act
H684 – Psychiatric Hospital Financing
H733 – Amend Durham Firefighters’ Retirement
H743 – Nurse Testimonial Privilege
H744 – Managed Care Patient Assistance
H807 – Elective Share Amendments
H826 – Amend Mental Health Confidentiality Statutes
H855 – Various Special Registration Plates
H883 – Mental Health Reform Waiver
H907 – Deaf/Hard of Hearing Advisory Council
H916 – First Responders Vaccination Program
H917 – Conform Mortgage Lending Laws
H1000 – Modify Optional Retirement Program
H1006 – Manufactured Housing
H1024 – Criminal History Record Checks
H1123 – Guardianship Amendments
H1030 – Handgun Permit Fee/Retired Law Officers
H1066 – Health Plans Disclose Fee Schedules/Coding
H1151 – Improve Rule Making Process
H1170 – Enhance Local Retirement Benefits
H1175 – Fair Housing Complaints


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Senate Bills

S2 – Drivers License Medical Certification
S97 – Revenue Laws Technical Changes
S162 – Fayetteville Fireman’s Fund
S244 – Recognize Retired Nurses/Fee
S274 – Budget Adjustment Act
S276 – Amend Winston-Salem Fireman’s Retirement Fund
S388 – Update Cervical Cancer Screening Coverage
S394 – Equitable Distribution Claim Survive Death Spouse/Limit
S422 – Advance Health Care Directive Registry
S468 – Clarify Irrevocable Trust Law
S502 – Access to Decedent’s Safe-Deposit Box
S522 – Board of Nursing
S550 – Crematory Act Changes
S561 – Notice of Legislative Meetings and Commission and Board Appointments
S583 Tobacco Free Schools
S648 – Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force
S659 – Charitable Solicitations/Inform the Public
S704 – Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council
S824 – Amend Environmental Laws
S872 – Unwanted Telephone Solicitations
S881 – Permit Tobacco Payment without Reopening Estate
S887 – Ovarian Cancer Detection/High Risk Women
S897 – Medicaid Prior Authorization
S939 – Extend TRS Surcharge to Wireless Connections
S940 – Disaster Leave/Volunteer Emergency Personnel
S966 – Insurance Personal Information Safeguards
S1016 – Nursing Home/Medication Errors

Last updated: February 19, 2004