NC H1104

Allows courts to consider posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a mitigating factor when sentencing veterans, defined according to DSM-5 standards and resulting from military service in combat zones.

Requires veterans to provide documentary evidence of combat zone service (certified by the Secretary of Military and Veterans Affairs) and a diagnosis of PTSD connected to their military service.

Appropriates $25,000 from the General Fund to the North Carolina Military Affairs Commission for fiscal year 2016-2017 to support the State's Veterans Treatment Court.

PTSD mitigating factor provision becomes effective October 1, 2016; remaining provisions become effective July 1, 2016.