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flag North Carolina’s governor launched a mental health overhaul after three killings tied to untreated illness, targeting access, staffing, and crisis response.

flag North Carolina Governor Josh Stein signed a February 2026 executive order to address the state’s mental health crisis, triggered by three high-profile killings linked to untreated mental illness. flag The order focuses on improving access to care in prisons and psychiatric hospitals, expanding the co-responder model for crisis calls, strengthening the 988 hotline, and reforming involuntary commitment processes. flag It aims to combat chronic understaffing—cited as a key barrier—by boosting recruitment and retention through higher pay, especially for corrections officers and nursing assistants, and directing state agencies to coordinate services across health, justice, and reentry systems. flag The move follows a 50% vacancy rate in the prison system and the closure of 12 psychiatric hospital units despite high demand. flag While immediate steps can begin, full implementation depends on legislative funding.

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