GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-197
SENATE BILL 785

AN ACT TO REMOVE THE SUNSET ON CERTAIN DIRECT PAYMENTS UNDER HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES AND PLANS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 5 of Chapter 347 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1993, and applies to all plans and policies with an inception, renewal, or anniversary date on or after October 1, 1993.  "
Section 2.  Section 8 of Chapter 464 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 8.  Sections 1, 2, 3.1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of this act become effective October 1, 1993.  Section 3 of this act becomes effective and expires as provided in subsection (b) of that section.  "
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of June, 1997.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 5:05 p.m. this 19th day of June, 1997