Title: SL2006-0198
Subject: Session Law 2006-198
Category: Introduced Bill 2005

General Assembly of North Carolina	Session 2005

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005

SESSION LAW 2006-198
HOUSE BILL 2037

AN ACT to clarify medicaid reimbursements for ocular prosthetists.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 10.3(e)(24) of S.L. 2006‑66 reads as rewritten:
"(24)	Medically necessary prosthetics or orthotics. – In order to be eligible for reimbursement, providers must be licensed or certified by the occupational licensing board or the certification authority having authority over the provider's license or certification, or in the case of ocular prosthetists Board certified, licensed, or accredited in accordance with the requirements established by the Department. Medically necessary prosthetics and orthotics are subject to prior approval and utilization review."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20^th day of July, 2006.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 2:04 p.m. this 3^rd day of August, 2006

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