GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 1420

Short Title:        State Health Plan/No Abortion Coverage.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Hilton;  Cleveland, Folwell, Gillespie, Lewis, Samuelson, and Starnes.
Referred to:	Judiciary I, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Appropriations.

April 13, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT COVERAGE FOR ABORTIONS UNDER THE STATE HEALTH PLAN FOR TEACHERS AND STATE EMPLOYEES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 135‑45.8 is amended by adding the following new subdivision to read:

"§ 135‑45.8.  General limitations and exclusions.

The following shall in no event be considered covered expenses nor will benefits described in G.S. 135‑45.6 through G.S. 135‑45.11 be payable for:

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(25) Charges for medical or surgical abortion procedures. As used in this subdivision, "abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device with intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant, for reasons other than to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, to remove a dead unborn child, or to deliver an unborn child prematurely, by accepted medical procedures in order to preserve the health of both the mother and the unborn child."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.