RALEIGH – Rep. Garland Pierce was appointed by House Speaker Joe Hackney to serve as a member of the Legislative Study Commission on Child Fatality Task Force.

“I am pleased to have this opportunity to serve on this commission. This appointment will allow me to serve both the House of Representatives and the people of my district who have a strong interest in child fatality issues,” Pierce said.

Established in 1991, the Child Fatality Task Force is a legislative study commission that aims to reduce the number of preventable child deaths.

The commission will undertake statistical studies of incidences and causes of child deaths; establish profiles of deaths, develop systems for multidisciplinary review of child deaths; and perform studies, evaluations or determinations necessary to achieve the mandate. It will report annually to the Governor and to the North Carolina General Assembly.

Pierce is a retired United Parcel Service employee, a Baptist minister living in Scotland County and three-term House Representative.