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28 We passed and I voted for some important non - budgetary items that are listed below . Those for which I was the sponsor or co - sponsor are shown in parentheses . Health Sanitation Requirements /Food Establishments ( HB 1506 — Co -sponsor) Lawmakers approved a bill that requires boarding houses to meet kitchen sanitation requirements if they provide services to 13 or more senior citizens or disabled people . Mental Health System Reform ( HB 1519 — Primary Sponsor) The House and Senate approved a bill authorizing legislators to begin planning changes to the state ' s mental health system . The bill creates a legislative oversight committee , charged to make initial recommendations to the 2001 session of the General Assembly . Restraints in Facilities (HB 1520 — Primary Sponsor) Mental health institutions , child residential facilities and adult care homes must track the use of restraints and seclusion and report on deaths occurring within seven days of restraint or seclusion . Facilities must also report to DHHS all deaths that occur due to violence , accident , suicide or homicide . Respiratory Care/ Prompt Pay by HMOs ( HB 1340 ) Care Board to oversee respiratory care practices in The bill establishes a Respiratory North Carolina and to issue respiratory care licenses . The bill also requires health insurers to make prompt payment of medical claims . Insurers have 30 days after receiving a claim to pay in frill , deny the claim or send notice that the claim is inaccurate or incomplete . -E Juvenile Justice Department of Juvenile Justice (HB 1804 — Co -sponsor) The House and Senate approved a bill that establishes a Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention . Currently the Office of Juvenile Justice operates out of the Office of the Governor . Clarify Juvenile Procedures ( HB 1609 — Co -sponsor) This bill clarifies procedures for terminating parental rights in juvenile abuse , neglect or dependency hearings . The bill also authorizes a study commission to look into expunging information from the child abuse registry when the alleged abuse is not proven . Tobacco Settlement ( HB 1431 ) The House and Senate compromised on a bill allocating 50 % of the money from the state ' s $ 4 . 6 billion share of the national tobacco settlement to two trust funds , A trust field for farmers and tobacco workers will receive half of the funds ; the other hall will go to a health care trust fund . The health care trust fund must set aside half the money it receives from 2001 to 2005) to establish an endowment . Seven of the 18 members of the farmers and tobacco workers trust fund must be farmers .