Bill Text: NC S675 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibit Medicaid Fraud/Kickbacks
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-08-03 - Ch. SL 2010-185 [S675 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2010-S675-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
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SENATE BILL 675
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Short Title: Amend Public Health‑Related Laws. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senator Purcell. |
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Referred to: |
Health Care. |
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March 19, 2009
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to AMEND PUBLIC HEALTH‑RELATED LAWS TO clarify PROCEDURES FOR INVESTIGATING AND CONTROLLING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES and for filing birth certificates.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 15A‑534.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 15A‑534.3. Detention for communicable diseases.
If a judicial official conducting an initial appearance or
first appearance hearing finds probable cause that an individual was exposed
had a nonsexual exposure to the defendant in a manner that poses a
significant risk of transmission of the AIDS virus or Hepatitis B by such
defendant, the judicial official shall order the defendant to be detained for a
reasonable period of time, not to exceed 24 hours, for investigation by public
health officials and for testing for AIDS virus infection and Hepatitis B
infection if required by public health officials pursuant to G.S. 130A‑144
and G.S. 130A‑148. (1989,
c. 499.)."
SECTION 2. G.S. 130A‑144(b) reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A‑144. Investigation and control measures.
(b) Physicians and Physicians, persons in
charge of medical facilities or laboratories laboratories, and other
persons shall, upon request and proper identification, permit a local
health director or the State Health Director to examine, review, and obtain a
copy of medical or other records in their possession or under their control
which the State Health Director or a local health director determines pertain
to the (i) diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a communicable disease or communicable
condition for a person infected, exposed, or reasonably suspected of being
infected or exposed to such a disease or condition, or (ii) the investigation
of a known or reasonably suspected outbreak of a communicable disease or
communicable condition."
SECTION 3. G.S. 130A‑101(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) A certificate of birth for each live birth,
regardless of the gestation period, which occurs in this State shall be filed
with the local registrar of the county in which the birth occurs within 10five
days after the birth and shall be registered by the registrar if it has been
completed and filed in accordance with this Article and the rules."
SECTION 4. G.S. 130A‑101(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) When a birth occurs in a hospital or other
medical facility, the person in charge of the facility shall obtain the
personal data, prepare the certificate, secure the signatures required by the
certificate and file it with the local registrar within five days after the
birth. in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. The
physician or other person in attendance shall provide the medical information
required by the certificate."
SECTION 5. This act is effective when it becomes law.
