Medical officials warned lawmakers in Raleigh on Wednesday that a key part of Iryna’s Law could overwhelm North Carolina’s state psychiatric hospitals without new funding and staff.
A hearing in Raleigh was held on Wednesday to discuss the impacts of Iryna’s Law, which took effect on Dec. 1.
The law was named after 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, the Urkranian woman killed on Charlotte’s light rail earlier this year. DeCarlos Brown is accused of stabbing her multiple times in an unprovoked attack. He has a long-documented mental health history…