North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H1099: Funding Vocational Rehabilitation.
Status: In committee, April 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to appropriate funds to be used for grants providing vocational rehabilitation training for individuals participating in a local judicially managed accountability and recovery court.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR GRANTS PROVIDING VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN A LOCAL JUDICIALLY MANAGED ACCOUNTABILITY AND RECOVERY COURT. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services, the sum of seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be used to provide grant funds to counties to allow local judicially managed accountability and recovery courts to obtain vocational rehabilitation training and other employment-related services and supports for individuals assigned to a local judicially managed accountability and recovery court. Training obtained for individuals under this section shall be provided by a North Carolina community college, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, an NCWorks partner, a local workforce development board, a registered apprenticeship sponsor, or another public or private provider approved by the Department in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts. Grant funds received pursuant to this section may also be used to provide transportation to these trainings and other reasonable supports necessary to enable participation in training or employment, including books, testing fees, licensing or certification fees, uniforms, tools, equipment, and child care. …
Sponsors
- Reives, Robert T. (D, 54) · primary sponsor
- Belk, Mary (D, 88) · primary sponsor
- Ager, Eric (D, 114)
- Baker, Amber M. (D, 72)
- Brown, Gloristine (D, 8)
- Brown, Kanika (D, 71)
- Brown, Terry M. (D, 92)
- Carney, Becky (D, 102)
- Cohn, Bryan (D, 32)
- Cook, Amanda P. (D, 60)
- Dahle, Allison A. (D, 11)
- Harrison, Pricey (D, 61)
Latest actions
- : Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: BUDGETING, Corporate annual reports, DHHS, REPORTS, PUBLIC, APPROPRIATIONS
Common questions
- What is H1099?
- H1099 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Funding Vocational Rehabilitation.
- What does H1099 do?
- In its own words: An act to appropriate funds to be used for grants providing vocational rehabilitation training for individuals participating in a local judicially managed accountability and recovery court.
- What is the status of H1099?
- In committee as of April 30, 2026. Latest action: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (April 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1099?
- Reives, Robert T. (D, 54), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1099?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H1099
Source: official North Carolina record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.