A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT THE RESULTS OF CLINICAL TRIALS BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 16 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section to read:
"§ 131E‑270.  Clinical trials conducted by hospitals and university research institutions to be made available to the general public.
Public hospitals licensed under this Chapter that conduct clinical trials research in this State and public university health care institutions that conduct clinical trials research in this State shall register the results of each clinical trial with "ClinicalTrials.gov" or other Web site that publishes clinical trial results and shall make the results otherwise available to physicians and the general public, upon request. Institutional review boards that approve clerical trials for hospitals and research institutions subject to this section shall ensure that the approval process includes a requirement that the results of the approved trial are published in accordance with this section."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to clinical trial research approved on and after that date.