House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Amends the title of Part 2 of Article 1A of GS 90 to read, Part 2. Parental or Judicial Consent for Abortion, Treatment for Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Abuse of Controlled Substances or Alcohol, Mental Illness, and Pregnancy (was, Parental or Judicial Consent for Abortion).

Amends GS 90-21.7(a), deleting previous changes to the subsection, and now provides that no physician licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina will perform an abortion on an unemancipated minor unless the physician or agent thereof or another physician or agent first obtains the written consent of the minor and the notarized written consent of any one of the following: a parent with custody, legal guardian or legal custodian, a parent with whom the minor is living, or a grandparent with whom the minor has been living for at least six months immediately preceding the date of the minor's written consent.

Enacts new GS 90-21.7(a1), providing that, except as prohibited by federal law, unless a parent or legal guardian or legal custodian of an unemancipated minor is present with the minor and gives consent, no health care provider duly licensed in North Carolina or his or her agent will provide medical health services for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of (1) sexually transmitted diseases, (2) abuse of controlled substances or alcohol, (3) mental illness, or (4) pregnancy, unless the health care provider or agent first obtains written consent of the minor and the notarized written consent of a parent with custody, legal guardian or legal custodian, a parent with whom the minor is living, or a grandparent with whom the minor has been living for at least six months immediately preceding the date of the minor's written consent.

Amends GS 90-21.7(b), making technical changes.

Amends GS 90-21.8, making technical, conforming, and clarifying changes, reflecting the requirement of obtaining notarized, written parental consent for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, abuse of controlled substances or alcohol, mental illness, or pregnancy.

Amends GS 90-21.9, providing that the parental consent requirements prescribed by GS 90-21.7(a) and GS 90-21.7(a1) do not apply when, in the best judgment of the physician, based on facts of the case before the physician, a medical emergency exists that complicates the pregnancy as to require an immediate abortion or provision of health care services.

Amends GS 90-21.9, making a conforming change.