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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2015-2016 Session
House Bill 297 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 18, 2015
AN ACT TO REQUIRE INFORMED CONSENT FOR THE DONATION OF THE REMAINS OF AN UNBORN CHILD; TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF ANY ABORTED OR MISCARRIED MATERIAL OR REMAINS OF AN UNBORN CHILD RESULTING FROM AN ABORTION OR MISCARRIAGE; AND TO LIMIT THE USE OF STATE FUNDS FOR CONTRACTS PERTAINING TO TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS.
Intro. by Burr, Stevens.
Status: Ch. SL 2015-265 (House Action) (Oct 1 2015)

SOG comments (2):

Identical Bill

Submitted by Penny.Griffin@n... on

Identical to S 489 filed on 3/25/15.

Change Short and Long Titles

Submitted by Donna.Clark@ncl... on

Senate committee substitute to 1st edition changed short and long titles.  Short title was DHHS Child Support Recommendations.-AB. Long title was AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WILL RESULT IN MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT COLLECTION AND PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT TO FAMILIES. 

Bill History:

H 297/S.L. 2015-265

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 297 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Oct 6 2015 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO REQUIRE INFORMED CONSENT FOR THE DONATION OF THE REMAINS OF AN UNBORN CHILD; TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF ANY ABORTED OR MISCARRIED MATERIAL OR REMAINS OF AN UNBORN CHILD RESULTING FROM AN ABORTION OR MISCARRIAGE; AND TO LIMIT THE USE OF STATE FUNDS FOR CONTRACTS PERTAINING TO TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS. Enacted October 1, 2015. Effective October 1, 2015.

    Courts/Judiciary, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law and Procedure, Government, State Agencies, Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, Health, Health Care Facilities and Providers, Public Health
    GS 14, GS 130A
  • Bill H 297 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Sep 23 2015 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute deletes all provisions of the 1st edition and replaces with the following. 

    Amends GS 130A-131.10 to delete subsection (c), which relieves a hospital or other medical facility from the obligation to dispose of the remains of pregnancies in accordance with the section if it sends the remains to a medical or research laboratory or facility. 

    Creates new subsections (e) and (f) allowing mothers to acquire or donate to a research facility the remains of her unborn child after a spontaneous abortion or miscarriage, with informed consent required before donations for research. Provides for autopsies and other examinations deemed necessary by attending pathologists or treating physicians for diagnostic purposes. 

    Enacts new GS 14-46.1, prohibiting the sale of the remains of an unborn child resulting from an abortion or miscarriage. The new section makes such sale for any consideration whatsoever a Class I felony but does not prohibit payment for incineration, burial, or cremation. 

    Creates a new subsection in GS 130A-131.15A preventing the Department of Health and Human Services from using state funds for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives to enter into contracts for family planning services, pregnancy prevention services, or adolescent parenting programs with any provider that performs abortions. 

    The act becomes effective on October 1, 2015. 

    Courts/Judiciary, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law and Procedure, Government, State Agencies, Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, Health, Health Care Facilities and Providers, Public Health
    GS 14, GS 130A
  • Bill H 297 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Mar 19 2015 - View Summary

    Amends GS 110-130.1 to add that any fee imposed by the Department of Revenue or the Secretary of the Treasury to cover the costs of withholdings for administrative offsets are to be borne by the client.

    Amends GS 110-136.4, concerning child support withholdings in IV-D cases, to allow the obligee to serve the payor with the required notice of obligation to withhold by electronic transmission in compliance with specified procedures; allows for this type of notice whether or not the withholding was contested. Also allows the IV-D agency to serve the payor with a notice of obligation to withhold, and service of notices to subsequent payors of their obligation to withhold when the obligor changes jobs, by electronic transmission in compliance with specified procedures.

    Amends GS 110-139.2 to require only reference to the applicable law (instead of providing a copy of the law) in the notice to the obligor of levy on an account with a financial institution.

    Courts/Judiciary, Civil, Family Law, Health and Human Services, Social Services, Child Welfare
    GS 110
  • Bill H 297 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Mar 18 2015 - View Summary

    To be summarized.
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