North Carolina Legislative Bills to Watch
May 26th, 2011
(The titles of the bills provide links to the text. More information on the bill and its status can be found at the NC General Assembly website, here.)
HB 160 – Check Off Donation for Breast Cancer Screening Would provide space on the income tax return for individuals to make donations for early detection of breast and cervical cancer as provided by the Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program.
HB 578 – State Health Plan/Additional Changes Would allow the State Health Plan for teachers and state employees to provide the basic plan premium-free using available cash balance reserves and would delay implementation of certain changes to the State Health Plan until September, 2011, and would grant various administrative powers.
HB 646 – Prison Hospital Completion Would provide funding to the department of correction to complete the construction of an authorized prison hospital.
HB 795 – Patient Access to Pathological Materials Would require health care providers to release pathological materials and records to patients upon written request.
HB 854 – Abortion/Women’s Right To Know Would require a twenty-four-hour waiting period and the informed consent of a pregnant woman before an abortion may be performed. “Informed consent” to include counseling and provision of information regarding the medical risks of abortion, information on the availability of assistance and adoption agencies, and ultrasound or fetal heartbeat monitoring.
SB 316 – Additional Section 1915 Medicaid Waiver Sites Would authorize DHHS to implement additional 1915(b)(c) Medicaid waiver sites and to allow state facilities to disclose certain information for purposes of collecting payment and to direct the distribution of a fund balance upon the dissolution of an area authority.
SB 246 – Expand Pharmacists’ Immunizing Authority Would expand the role of pharmacists in providing immunizations.
SB 743 – Encourage Volunteer Health Care Providers Would provide for a retired limited volunteer license and broaden the applicability of a limited volunteer license, as well as limit liability for non-profit community health referral services.
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