NC S560

Establishes a Task Force on Missing Women and Girls who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to develop policy changes addressing inadequate attention to missing and murdered BIPOC women and girls by state agencies

Task Force consists of 9 members: representatives from DHHS Division of Social Services, Department of Public Safety, and State Bureau of Investigation, plus 6 at-large members appointed by legislative leaders who must reflect impacted communities and have cultural competency experience

Duties include developing culturally competent first responder policies, creating a data collection strategy, identifying major trafficking hubs and highways, recommending preventive programming, and launching a statewide awareness campaign

Task Force must hold public hearings in each region of the state and submit a report with findings and recommendations within two years to legislative leadership

Act is effective upon becoming law and the Task Force terminates three years after the effective date