GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 809*

Short Title:  State Employee Chem. Dependency.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Ward.
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Referred to:  State Personnel.
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April 6, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM BENEFITS PAYABLE FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY UNDER THE TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' COMPREHENSIVE MAJOR MEDICAL PLAN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 135-40.7A(b) reads as rewritten:
	"(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Part, the maximum benefit for each covered individual for treatment of chemical dependency is as follows:
		Fiscal Year	  	$ 8,000
Lifetime		 25,000
Daily benefits are limited to two hundred dollars ($200.00) except for medical detoxification treatment under rules established by the Executive Administrator and Board of Trustees."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.