Bill Summary for H 128 (2025-2026)

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Feb 13 2025

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2025-2026 Session
House Bill 128 (Public) Filed Thursday, February 13, 2025
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER A PROSTATE CANCER CONTROL PROGRAM.
Intro. by R. Pierce, Reeder, Campbell, Brody.

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Appropriates $2 million in recurring funds both for 2025-26 and 2027-28 from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health (Division) to be used to establish and administer a statewide Prostate Cancer Control Program that provides free or low-cost prostate cancer screenings and follow-up to any man residing in North Carolina who meets all of the four listed criteria, including being uninsured or underinsured and income qualifications.  Effective July 1, 2025.