NC IOM STUDY OF EYE CARE ACCESS (NEW).

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 36 (Public) Filed Wednesday, February 1, 2017
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE TO STUDY ENHANCED ACCESS TO EYE CARE AND TO REPORT TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Intro. by Burr, Collins, Dobson, Howard.
Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate Action) (Apr 27 2017)

SOG comments (1):

Short and Long Title Change

Submitted by Penny.Griffin@n... on

House committee substitute changes the short and  long titles. The original titles are as follows:

ENACT ENHANCED ACCESS TO EYE CARE ACT.

AN ACT AMENDING THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY IN ORDER TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO EYE CARE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Bill History:

H 36

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 36 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Apr 27 2017 - View Summary

    House committee substitute deletes the provisions of the 1st edition and now provides the following.

    Directs the NC Institute of Medicine (NC IOM) to study the issues addressed in HB 36 Enact Enhanced Access to Eye Care Act, as introduced during the 2017 Regular Session of the General Assembly. 

    Directs NC IOM to report findings and recommendations pertaining to access to eye care, including draft legislation if appropriate, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services by October 1, 2018.

    Makes conforming changes to the act's long and short titles.

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    STUDY
  • Bill H 36 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Feb 1 2017 - View Summary

    Includes whereas clauses about the practice of optometry in North Carolina, emphasizing the need to update the statutes governing the practice in order to increase access and affordability of eye care.

    Amends GS 90-114, which specifies the practices that constitute the practice of optometry. Deletes clauses that excluded surgery from the practice of optometry. Adds a new subsection (b), which specifies 18 procedures that do not constitute the practice of optometry, including retina laser procedures, LASIK, PRK, certain types of nonlaser surgery, keratoplasty, certain types of injections, the administration of general anesthesia, and procedures performed under general anesthesia.

    Effective January 1, 2018.

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    GS 90
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