GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1337

Short Title:  Norplant Availability/Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Hall; Berry, Creech, Cunningham, Hill, Joye, Justus, McLaughlin, McLawhorn, Nichols, C. Preston, J. Preston, Russell, and Wilkins.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 10, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT NORPLANT IMPLANTATION IS MADE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO RECIPIENTS OF AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a)	The Department of Human Resources shall ensure that all women who are eligible for assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program operated pursuant to Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes:
(1)	Receive written notification of the availability and accessibility of Norplant implantation as an effective method of birth control; and
(2)	Receive individual counseling at the time they begin to receive assistance that covers the effectiveness of Norplant implantation as a method of birth control and any possible side effects of the implantation is readily available.
Both the written notification and the counseling shall stress that Norplant implantation is free of charge.
(b)	There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year, to implement this section.
Sec. 2.  (a)	The Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall ensure that Norplant implantation is available without charge and accessible to all women eligible for assistance in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program operated pursuant to Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 108A of the General Statutes.
(b)	There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources the sum of two million dollars (2,000,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to implement this section.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.