Bill Text: NC H36 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

---

Bill Title: NC IOM Study of Eye Care Access

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 24-6)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [H36 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2017-H36-Amended.html

---

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

H                                                                                                                                                    2

HOUSE BILL 36

Committee Substitute Favorable 4/27/17

 

Short Title:      NC IOM Study of Eye Care Access.		(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

February 2, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to direct the north carolina institute of medicine to study enhanced access to eye care and to report to the joint legislative oversight committee on health and human services.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Pursuant to G.S. 90‑470(b), the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NC IOM) is organized to be concerned with the health of the people of North Carolina, to monitor and study health matters, to respond authoritatively when found advisable, and to respond to requests from outside sources for analysis and advice when it will aid in forming a basis for health policy decisions. As such, the NC IOM is directed to study the issues addressed in House Bill 36 Enact Enhanced Access to Eye Care Act, as introduced during the 2017 Regular Session of the 2017 General Assembly.

SECTION 2.  The NC IOM shall report findings and recommendations pertaining to enhanced access to eye care, including draft legislation if appropriate, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services on or before October 1, 2018.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.