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NC S407

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/30/2021

Primary Sponsor

Jim Burgin

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Origin

Senate

2021-2022 Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes the "Solemn Covenant of States Commission" to award monetary prizes for treatments or therapeutic protocols that cure diseases, becoming effective once six states enact the compact.

  • Requires treatment cures to be FDA-approved, yield significant survival increases, and be completable in less than one year; establishes at least 10 major diseases eligible for prizes based on severity, survival rates, and public health expenses.

  • Prize amounts equal estimated five-year public health savings for each disease in all compacting states; compacting states pay annually based on actual one-year savings beginning one year after cure becomes available.

  • Grants the Commission authority to receive and evaluate cure submissions, establish selling prices capped at manufacturing and distribution costs (plus royalties in non-compacting states), and collect royalties not exceeding five-year public health savings.

  • Allows compacting states to withdraw with three years' notice and remain liable for three years of prize obligations; states remain liable for cure prizes accepted during their membership even after withdrawal or expulsion.

Legislative Description

Compact to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases

Public

Last Action

Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

4/21/2021

Committee Referrals

Appropriations/Base Budget4/21/2021
Rules and Operations of the Senate3/31/2021

Full Bill Text

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