GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 455
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/7/97

Short Title:  Glaucoma Program Repealed/AB.	(Public)

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March 10, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL STATUTES CONCERNING THE DETECTION, PREVENTION, CARE, AND TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA AND DIABETES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The title to Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:
"Part 3. Glaucoma and Diabetes."
Section 2.  G.S. 130A-221 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-221.  Department authorized to establish program.
(a)	The Department may establish and administer a program for the detection and prevention of glaucoma and diabetes and the care and treatment of persons with glaucoma and diabetes.  The program may include:
(1)	Education of patients, health care personnel and the public;
(2)	Development and expansion of services to persons with glaucoma and diabetes; and
(3)	Provision of supplies, equipment and medication for detection and control of glaucoma and diabetes.
(b)	The Commission is authorized to adopt rules necessary to implement the program."
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.