A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to PROHIBIT THE EXPENDITURE OF MEDICAID FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OR PROVISION OF MEDICATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, shall expend no funds under the Medical Assistance Program for the purchase or provision of medications for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. The Department shall make all necessary system changes in the Medical Assistance Program to ensure compliance with this section. Not later than May 1, 2006, the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, shall report to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research Division on the implementation of this section.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.