GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

HOUSE BILL 502

RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT to repeal a budget special provision concerning health benefit plan co‑payments for chiropractic services.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 3(b) of S.L. 2005‑345 is repealed.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2007, and applies to policies issued or renewed on or after that date. For the purposes of this act, renewal of a health benefit plan is presumed to occur on each anniversary of the date on which coverage was first effective on the person or persons covered by the health benefit plan.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18^th day of April, 2007.

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                                                                         Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

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                                                                         Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

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                                                                         Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor