GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 128

Short Title:      Establish Prostate Cancer Control Program.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives R. Pierce, Reeder, Campbell, and Brody (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

February 17, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT appropriating funds to the department of HEALTH and human services, division of public health, to establish and administer a prostate cancer control program.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2025‑2026 fiscal year and the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2026‑2027 fiscal year to be used to establish and administer a statewide Prostate Cancer Control Program that provides free or low‑cost prostate cancer screenings and follow‑up to any man residing in North Carolina who meets all of the following criteria:

(1)        Is uninsured or underinsured.

(2)        Is not a beneficiary of Medicare Part B or Medicaid.

(3)        Is between 50 and 70 years of age and without a family history of prostate cancer or is between 40 and 70 years of age with a family history of prostate cancer. For the purpose of this subdivision, a man with a family history of prostate cancer means any man with at least one first‑degree relative who (i) was diagnosed with prostate cancer, (ii) developed prostate cancer, (iii) died as a result of prostate cancer, (iv) was diagnosed with a cancer known to be associated with increased risk of prostate cancer, or (v) has a genetic alteration known to be associated with increased risk of prostate cancer.

(4)        Has a household income below two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the federal poverty level.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2025.