GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 266

Short Title:  Free Vaccines/Health Care.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Johnson; Allran, Ballance, Block, Bryan, Carpenter, Cochrane, Conder, Martin of Guilford, Marvin, Richardson, Sands, Seymour, Sherron, Staton, Tally, and Ward.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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March 25, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE STATE MANDATED VACCINES WITHOUT CHARGE TO PHYSICIANS AND OTHER AUTHORIZED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 130A-433, the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall provide, without charge, vaccines for immunizations required by G.S. 130A-152 to physicians who are licensed to practice medicine in this State and who administer immunizations as authorized under G.S. 130A-153, and to other health care providers authorized to administer immunizations required by G.S. 130A-152. A physician or other health care provider who receives vaccines from the State without charge may not charge the patient for the vaccine, but may charge a reasonable fee for administering it.
Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, the sum of $2,626,732 for the 1991-92 fiscal year, and the sum of $4,466,138 for the 1992-93 fiscal year, to implement this act.
Sec. 3. Section 1 of this act becomes effective January 1, 1992.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective July 1, 1991.