SB 899 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

School Mental Health Support Act.

This bill establishes two main programs to improve mental health support in North Carolina public schools. First, it creates a grant program that provides $50 million to school districts to hire mental health professionals, prioritizing areas with students who have limited access to care. Second, it launches a loan repayment program offering $50 million to encourage mental health workers who graduated from UNC system schools to work in high-need areas by paying off up to 20% of their student debt over five years. The legislation includes reporting requirements to track how funds are used and to recommend future improvements.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Healthcare

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Apr 29, 2026 Last action Apr 30, 2026

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The bill underwent administrative formatting updates and a change in its referral status. The document header was updated to reflect a new version number (S899-v-1) and the bill was officially referred to the Senate Rules and Operations Committee on April 30, 2026, replacing a previous unassigned status.

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Added a specific referral date of April 30, 2026, to the Senate Rules and Operations Committee.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document version identifier from 'DRS15180-NHa-118' to 'S899-v-1'.

Removed the previous unassigned 'Referred to' line.

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Apr 30, 2026

Committee

Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

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Apr 30, 2026

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

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Apr 29, 2026

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upper

1 primary · 8 co-sponsors