NC S750

Requires local confinement facilities to develop plans for medical care of prisoners, including health screening and emergency care, with provisions for Medicaid reimbursement and established fees for nonemergency services.

Mandates notification of medical examiners and coroners when prisoners in custody of local confinement facilities die, and requires health information be provided when prisoners are transferred between facilities.

Directs the Department of Health and Human Services and Government Data Analytics Center to work with local government and state prisons to achieve full participation in NC HealthConnex for secure electronic transmission of health information.

Excludes veterinarians from certain controlled substance regulations, including the practitioner review requirement for the controlled substances reporting system and electronic prescription mandates, while allowing them to continue using written, oral, or facsimile prescriptions.

Adds North Carolina Veterinary Medical Board to continuing education requirements on controlled substance abuse and to the Prescription Drug Abuse Advisory Committee.