GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 777

Short Title:  Credit for Safekeeper Payments.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Michaux; and Bowman.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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April 7, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO GIVE CREDIT TO COUNTIES THAT PAID THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FOR EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL EXPENSES OF SAFEKEEPERS PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF THE LAW CLARIFYING THE COUNTIES' RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE EXPENSES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 983 of the 1991 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, counties shall not be liable for extraordinary medical expenses of safekeepers incurred prior to the effective date of this act; however, counties that reimbursed the Department of Correction for extraordinary medical expenses of safekeepers prior to the effective date of this act shall be given credit for that payment against any extraordinary medical expenses incurred on or after the effective date of this act, and the Department of Correction shall develop guidelines for the implementation of the credits. "
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.