GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1166
     

 
Short Title:	State Employees' Health Plan/Workers' Comp.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Baddour;  Alexander and Wainwright.	
Referred to:	Judiciary II.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT PERTAINING TO COVERAGE BY THE TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' COMPREHENSIVE MAJOR MEDICAL PLAN FOR FUTURE MEDICAL EXPENSES UNDER A WORKERS' COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 135-40.7(4) reads as rewritten:
"(4)	Charges for services rendered in connection with any occupational injury or disease arising out of and in the course of employment with any employer, if (i) the employer furnishes, pays for or provides reimbursement for such charges, or (ii) the employer makes a settlement payment for such charges, or (iii) the person incurring such charges waives or fails to assert his or her rights respecting such charges. However, the charges for services rendered in connection with any occupational injury or disease arising out of and in the course of employment by the State of North Carolina shall not be excluded from covered expenses or benefits described in G.S. 135-40.7 through G.S. 135-40.11 when the State makes a settlement that ends its obligation to provide reimbursement for the charges."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to claims pending on and after that date.