AN ACT DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO STUDY ISSUES PERTAINING TO HIGH-QUALITY, RISK-APPROPRIATE MATERNAL AND NEONATAL CARE AND TO ALLOW SIMULTANEOUS CREMATION OF CERTAIN FETUSES AND INFANTS. Enacted June 25, 2018. Effective June 25, 2018.
DHHS STUDY/MATERNAL AND NEONATAL CARE.
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AN ACT DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO STUDY ISSUES PERTAINING TO HIGH-QUALITY, RISK-APPROPRIATE MATERNAL AND NEONATAL CARE AND TO ALLOW SIMULTANEOUS CREMATION OF CERTAIN FETUSES AND INFANTS.Intro. by Murphy, Boswell, Adcock, Cunningham.
Bill History:
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Tue, 11 Apr 2017 House: Filed
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Thu, 13 Apr 2017 House: Passed 1st Reading
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Thu, 13 Apr 2017 House: Ref To Com On Health
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Wed, 19 Apr 2017 House: Reptd Fav
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Wed, 19 Apr 2017 House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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Wed, 19 Apr 2017 House: Placed On Cal For 04/20/2017
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Thu, 20 Apr 2017 House: Passed 2nd Reading
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Thu, 20 Apr 2017 House: Passed 3rd Reading
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Fri, 21 Apr 2017 House: Regular Message Sent To Senate
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Fri, 21 Apr 2017 Senate: Regular Message Received From House
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Fri, 21 Apr 2017 Senate: Passed 1st Reading
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Fri, 21 Apr 2017 Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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Tue, 12 Jun 2018 Senate: Withdrawn From Com
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Wed, 13 Jun 2018 Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
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Wed, 13 Jun 2018 Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
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Wed, 13 Jun 2018 Senate: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 Senate: Reptd Fav
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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 Senate: Special Message Sent To House
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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 House: Added to Calendar
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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 House: Withdrawn From Cal
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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 House: Placed On Cal For 06/15/2018
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Fri, 15 Jun 2018 House: Concurred In S Com Sub
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Fri, 15 Jun 2018 House: Ordered Enrolled
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Fri, 15 Jun 2018 House: Ratified
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Fri, 15 Jun 2018 House: Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018
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Mon, 25 Jun 2018 House: Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018
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Mon, 25 Jun 2018 House: Ch. SL 2018-93
Bill Summaries:
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Bill H 741 (2017-2018)Summary date: Jun 26 2018 - View Summary
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Bill H 741 (2017-2018)Summary date: Jun 13 2018 - View Summary
Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Delays the reporting requirement for the study on providing women with timely and equitable access to high-quality, risk-appropriate maternal and neonatal care by a year to now require an interim report to the 2019 Regular Session of the 2019 General Assembly on or before May 1, 2019, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the 2020 General Assembly.
Adds a section amending GS 90-210.129 by making an exception to the prohibition on the simultaneous cremation of the human remains of more than one person in the same cremation chamber to allow simultaneous cremation with the express written direction of the authorized agent for the human remains of multiple fetuses from the same mother and the same birth, or the human remains of multiple persons up to the age of one year old from the same mother and the same birth.
Makes conforming changes to the act's long title.
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Bill H 741 (2017-2018)Summary date: Apr 11 2017 - View Summary
Identical to S 311, filed 3/16/17.
Includes whereas clauses.
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to study and analyze the state's ability to provide women with timely and equitable access to high-quality, risk-appropriate maternal and neonatal care. Sets out seven issues to be studied, including the complexity levels of care currently being provided by all delivering hospitals in caring for birth mothers and newborns, and disparities in access to risk‑appropriate maternal and hospital care.
Requires DHHS to make an interim report on its findings and recommendations to the 2018 Regular Session of the General Assembly by May 1, 2018, and requires a final report to the 2019 General Assembly.
Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition amends the act's title. The title was: AN ACT DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO STUDY ISSUES PERTAINING TO HIGH-QUALITY, RISK-APPROPRIATE MATERNAL AND NEONATAL CARE.