A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to eliminate the Dietetics/nutrition board ANd TO direct the Department of Health and Human services to submit a state plan amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to remove from the Medicaid state plan any State licensing requirements for dietitians or nutritionists.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 25 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, G.S. 90‑350 through G.S. 90‑370, is repealed.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 90‑18(c)(15) is repealed.
SECTION 3.  G.S. 143B‑216.60 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑216.60.  The Justus‑Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force.
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(b)	The Task Force shall have 27 members. The Governor shall appoint the Chair, and the Vice‑Chair shall be elected by the Task Force. The Director of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Division of Medical Assistance in the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Director of the Division of Aging in the Department of Health and Human Services, or their designees, shall be members of the Task Force. Appointments to the Task Force shall be made as follows:
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(2)	By the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as follows:
a.	Three members of the House of Representatives;
b.	A stroke survivor;
c.	A county commissioner;
d.	A person who specializes in dietetics and nutrition;e.	A pharmacist; and
f.	A registered nurse.
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SECTION 4.  The Department of Health and Human services shall submit a State plan amendment to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to remove from the Medicaid State plan any State licensing requirements for dietitians or nutritionists that are inconsistent with this act.
SECTION 5.  Sections 1 through 3 of this act become effective January 1, 2014. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.