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NC H954
Bill
Status
5/1/2024
Primary Sponsor
Diamond Staton-Williams
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AI Summary
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Appropriates $3,500,000 in recurring funds for fiscal year 2023-2024 to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health for competitive grants to local health departments and nonprofit community health centers.
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Appropriates $8,500,000 in recurring funds for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the same purpose.
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Grant recipients shall use funds to purchase and distribute long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) for underserved, uninsured, or medically indigent patients.
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Defines long-acting reversible contraceptives as FDA-approved birth control methods that function without user action, are temporary and reversible, and are obtained by prescription from an authorized healthcare provider.
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Effective retroactively to July 1, 2023.
Legislative Description
Community Health Center Grants for LARCs
Appropriations; Budgeting; Clinics; Dhhs; Family Planning; Funding; Grants; Health Depts.; Health Services; Local Government; Pu
Last Action
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
5/2/2024