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NC S372

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/27/2023

Primary Sponsor

Sydney Batch

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 Session

AI Summary

  • Appropriates $5,000,000 in nonrecurring General Fund money to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.

  • Grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis to nonprofit community health centers to purchase and distribute long-acting reversible contraceptives.

  • Eligible patients for the contraceptives include underserved, uninsured, or medically indigent individuals.

  • Defines long-acting reversible contraceptives as FDA-approved birth control methods that provide extended contraception without user action, are temporary and reversible, and are obtained by prescription from an authorized healthcare provider.

  • Becomes effective July 1, 2023.

Legislative Description

Community Health Center Grants for LARCs

Appropriations; Budgeting; Controlled Substances; Dhhs; Family Planning; Health Services; Pharmaceuticals; Public; Public Health

Last Action

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

3/28/2023

Committee Referrals

Appropriations/Base Budget3/28/2023
Rules and Operations of the Senate3/28/2023

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