GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1430

Short Title:  Norplant Requirement/Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Hall; Creech, Mercer, and Nichols.
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Referred to:  Health and Human Resources.
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May 17, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT ALL WOMEN OBTAINING AN ABORTION FUNDED THOUGH THE STATE ABORTION FUND RECEIVE NORPLANT IMPLANTATION AND TO ENSURE THAT NORPLANT IMPLANTATION IS MADE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a)	The Department of Human Resources shall ensure that all women who receive an abortion funded through the State Abortion Fund receive Norplant implantation and do not remove it unless the procedure is medically contraindicated.  The Department shall also 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 of the requirement of Norplant implantation in the event that they have an abortion funded through the State Abortion Fund, unless medically contraindicated; 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, any possible side effects of the implantation, the requirement of the implantation in the event that they have an abortion funded through the State Abortion Fund, unless medically contraindicated, and of the availability and accessibility of the implantation.
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 and that it is provided automatically as required to women who receive an abortion funded through the State Abortion Fund.
(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.