North Carolina Rep. Buansi introduces bill to redirect funding and increase transparency for maternal, infant health programs

State Rep. Allen Buansi has introduced a new bill aimed at reallocating state resources and boosting transparency in maternal and infant health initiatives, according to the North Carolina State House.

Known as HB 1120 and filed on April 29 during the 2025 regular session, the bill carries the short title: ‘Financial Effectiveness and Transparency Act.’

Here is a summary based on the actual bill text, which may be clarified in places for better understanding of its terms.

Specifically, the bill reduces $6.75 million in annual state funding to the Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship beginning with the 2026-27 fiscal year, reallocating those funds to the Department of Health and Human Services to expand established maternal and infant health programs such as Healthy Beginnings, Safe Sleep NC and Nurse-Family Partnership. Crisis pregnancy centers that receive state funding would be required to provide detailed annual reports outlining revenue, expenditures, personnel and client services, with these records made available to the public on request, minus personal health data. Clients would also be entitled to complimentary copies of their service records within 10 business days. The act is set to take effect July 1, 2026.

Among the three sponsors for this legislation, Julie von Haefen submitted the most bills—36—during the 2025 regular session.

In North Carolina, bills undergo a multi-step lawmaking process. A legislator begins by filing a bill, and it is assigned to a committee for deliberation. Bills must be read three times in both chambers, and if one chamber amends a bill after the other passes it, both must agree on its final form. Once both chambers have approved an identical version, the measure is sent to the governor, who has 10 days (or 30 if the legislature is not in session) to either approve, veto or allow the bill to become law without signing it.

Additional information on recent bills and legislative actions is available here.

Buansi holds a BA from Dartmouth College (2009) and a JD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2015).

Elected in 2022, Buansi serves in the North Carolina State House representing the 56th House district, taking office after Verla Insko.