GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 1369
     

 
Short Title:	State Abortion Fund Eligibility Criteria.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Insko; and Luebke.	
Referred to:	Appropriations.	
April 24, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE STATE ABORTION FUND AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE STATE ABORTION FUND.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Social Services Commission shall adopt rules governing the eligibility of applicants to receive services under the State Abortion Fund.  Eligibility for services shall be limited to women whose income is below the federal poverty level, as revised annually, or who are eligible for Medicaid, and to whom at least one of the following applies:
(1)	The woman is a victim of rape or incest.
(2)	The woman is mentally retarded as defined under G.S. 122C‑3.
(3)	A physician, selected by the woman, has advised that the woman's physical health would likely be impaired by the pregnancy.
(4)	A physician, selected by the woman, has advised that the woman is dangerous to herself or others as defined under G.S. 122C‑3, or that the woman has a severe and persistent mental illness as defined under G.S. 122C‑3, and that the woman's mental health would likely be worsened by the pregnancy.
(5)	A physician has determined that a severe fetal anomaly is present.
SECTION 2.  Except as otherwise provided under Section 1 of this act, eligibility rules adopted by the Commission may not be based on the applicant's race, creed, color, national origin, marital status, age, or disabling condition.
SECTION 3.  Services provided under this act shall be in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 14‑45.1 governing when abortion is lawful, and with Part 2 of Article 1A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, Parental or Judicial Consent for Abortion.
SECTION 4.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of one million two hundred twelve thousand dollars ($1,212,000) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and the sum of one million two hundred twelve thousand dollars ($1,212,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for the State Abortion Fund.
SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.