Bill Text: NC H730 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Insurance & Health Care Conscience Protection
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 18-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-20 - Ref To Com On Insurance [H730 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H730-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
H 3
HOUSE BILL 730
Committee
Substitute Favorable 5/15/13
Third Edition Engrossed 5/16/13
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Short Title: Insurance & Health Care Conscience Protection. |
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April 11, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MODIFY CERTAIN LAWS PERTAINING TO ABORTION HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND TO LIMIT ABORTION COVERAGE UNDER HEALTH INSURANCE PLANs OFFERED UNDER A HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE OPERATING IN NORTH CAROLINA or offered BY A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
PART I. HEALTH CARE CONSCIENCE PROTECTION
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 14‑45.1(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e) Nothing in this section shall require a
physician licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina or Carolina,
any nurse nurse, or any other health care provider who shall
state an objection to abortion on moral, ethical, or religious grounds, to
perform or participate in medical procedures which result in an abortion. The
refusal of such physician a physician, nurse, or health care provider
to perform or participate in these medical procedures shall not be a basis
for damages for such the refusal, or for any disciplinary or any
other recriminatory action against such physician.the physician,
nurse, or health care provider. For purposes of this section, the phrase "health
care provider" shall have the same meaning as defined under G.S. 90‑410(1)."
SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 14‑45.1(f) reads as rewritten:
"(f) Nothing in this section shall require a hospital
orhospital, other health care institution institution, or
other health care provider to perform an abortion or to provide abortion
services."
PART II. LIMITS ON ABORTION FUNDING UNDER HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS OFFERED THROUGH A HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE OR BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
SECTION 2.(a) Article 51 of Chapter 58 is amended by adding the following new section:
"§ 58‑51‑63. Coverage for abortions not allowed in plans offered through Exchange.
(a) Pursuant to the authority granted to states under 42 U.S.C. § 18023(a), no qualified health plan offered through an Exchange created under Subchapter III of Chapter 157 of Title 42 of the U.S. Code and operating within this State shall include coverage for abortion services.
(b) The coverage limitation in subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to an abortion performed when the life of the mother is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life‑endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself or when the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest."
SECTION 2.(b) G.S. 153A‑92(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d) A county may purchase life insurance or health insurance or both for the benefit of all or any class of county officers and employees as a part of their compensation. A county may provide other fringe benefits for county officers and employees. In providing health insurance to county officers and employees, a county shall not provide abortion coverage greater than that provided by the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees under Article 3B of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes."
SECTION 2.(c) G.S. 160A‑162(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) The council may purchase life, health, and any other forms of insurance for the benefit of all or any class of city employees and their dependents, and may provide other fringe benefits for city employees. In providing health insurance to city employees, the council shall not provide abortion coverage greater than that provided by the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees under Article 3B of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes."
PART III. EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 3. Sections 1(a) and 1(b) of this act are effective when they become law. Sections 2(a), 2(b), and 2(c) of this act become effective October 1, 2013, and apply to insurance contracts or policies issued, renewed, or amended on or after that date. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.
