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NC S407
Bill
AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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