North Carolina H1090: RURAL Care Act.

What the bill says

An act to enact the revitalizing, uplifting regions & access local (rural) care act to provide for the creation of a rural healthcare infrastructure fund and a rural healthcare infrastructure program to be administered by the north carolina state health coordinating council; to direct the north carolina state health coordinating council to develop a plan for the establishment and administration of the rural healthcare infrastructure program; to repeal the rural health care stabilization program…

From the introduced text:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ENACT THE REVITALIZING, UPLIFTING REGIONS & ACCESS LOCAL (RURAL) CARE ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A RURAL HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND AND A RURAL HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL; TO DIRECT THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE RURAL HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM; TO REPEAL THE RURAL HEALTH CARE STABILIZATION PROGRAM; AND TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION AND DUTIES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: PART I. RURAL HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND SECTION 1.1.(a) Chapter 131E of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read: "Article 4A. "Rural Healthcare Infrastructure Fund." SECTION 1.1.(b) G.S. 131A-32 is recodified as G.S. 131E-74 in Article 4A of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes, as enacted by subsection (a) of this section, and reads as rewritten: "§ 131E-74. The Rural Health Care Stabilization Healthcare Infrastructure Fund. (a) Legislative Intent. - The General Assembly recognizes the need to establish and maintain a sufficient funding source to address the ongoing capital and healthcare infrastructure needs of the State. The General Assembly further recognizes the need to protect the State's substantial improvements in existing healthcare facilities while providing …

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Sponsors

• Reeder, Timothy (R, 9) · primary sponsor