With the General Assembly back in session in January, North Carolina state Rep. William Brisson, R-Dublin, was among a trio of lawmakers renewing their push of House Bill 753.
Along with Rep. Cynthia Ball, D-Raleigh, and Jane Farmer-Butterfield, D-Wilson, Brisson spent part of 2019 fighting for HB 753, which would increase the allowance provided to low-income residents of North Carolina assisted living centers whose tab is paid by Medicaid.
Currently, a stipend of $46 a month is left to cover a list of personal-care items, transportation, prescription and over-the-counter medications, clothes, snacks, cigarettes and other expenses.
Ball has vowed to fight on, even as she acknowledged the battle didn’t figure to be any easier this time around.
“The short session is for budget adjustment,” she told North Carolina Health News. “I certainly intend to try to push any of the bills that I worked on.”