AN ACT modifying the expired drug provision of the drug, supplies, and medical device repository program to allow for the acceptance and dispensing of drugs that have not reached their expiration date FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑85.44(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Requirements of Participating Pharmacists or Free Clinics. – A pharmacist may accept and dispense drugs, supplies, and medical devices donated to the Program to eligible patients if all of the following requirements are met:
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(3)	The drug has not reached its expiration date.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of June, 2019.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Roy Cooper
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2019