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Representative Keith Kidwell(R)
Representative Bobby Hanig(R)
Representative Jeffrey Elmore(R)
Representative Julia C. Howard(R)
Representative Dean Arp(R)
Representative Kristin Baker, M.D.(R)
Representative James L. Boles, Jr.(R)
Representative Jerry Carter(R)
Representative Mike Clampitt(R)
Representative George G. Cleveland(R)
Representative Karl E. Gillespie(R)
Representative Edward C. Goodwin(R)
Representative Dudley Greene(R)
Representative Chris Humphrey(R)
Representative Pat B. Hurley(R)
Representative Jake Johnson(R)
Representative Jeffrey C. McNeely(R)
Representative Allen McNeill(R)
Representative Timothy D. Moffitt(R)
Representative Ben T. Moss, Jr.(R)
Representative Howard Penny, Jr.(R)
Representative Garland E. Pierce(D)
Representative Larry G. Pittman(R)
Representative Mark Pless(R)
Representative Dennis Riddell(R)
Representative Mitchell S. Setzer(R)
Representative Sarah Stevens(R)
Representative Larry C. Strickland(R)
Representative Donna McDowell White(R)
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Ch. SL 2021-156House | 2021-09-16Signed by Gov. 9/16/2021House | 2021-09-16Pres. To Gov. 9/7/2021House | 2021-09-07RatifiedHouse | 2021-09-03Ordered EnrolledSenate | 2021-09-01Passed 3rd ReadingSenate | 2021-09-01Passed 2nd ReadingSenate | 2021-09-01Reptd FavSenate | 2021-08-31Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2021-08-26Reptd FavSenate | 2021-08-26Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2021-08-05Withdrawn From ComSenate | 2021-08-05Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2021-05-06Passed 1st ReadingSenate | 2021-05-06Regular Message Received From HouseSenate | 2021-05-06Regular Message Sent To SenateHouse | 2021-05-06Passed 3rd ReadingHouse | 2021-05-05Passed 2nd ReadingHouse | 2021-05-05Placed On Cal For 05/05/2021House | 2021-05-04Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)House | 2021-05-04Reptd FavHouse | 2021-05-04Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2021-04-28Reptd FavHouse | 2021-04-28Re-ref Com On State GovernmentHouse | 2021-04-20Reptd FavHouse | 2021-04-20Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2021-03-31Passed 1st ReadingHouse | 2021-03-31FiledHouse | 2021-03-30
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DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES
DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS
HEALTH SERVICES
HOSPITALS
PRESENTED
PUBLIC
PUBLIC HEALTH
RATIFIED
RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTERED
NAMED LAWS
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
PATIENT RIGHTS
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131E (Chapters); 131E-84.05 (Sections)
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No counties specifically cited.
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H447: The Jeff Rieg Law/Patients Religious Rights. Latest Version
Session: 2021 - 2022
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2021
SESSION LAW 2021-156
HOUSE BILL 447
AN ACT protecting the religious rights of hospital patients by preserving their right to receive visits by clergy members during hospital stays that occur during a declared disaster or emergency.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Part 2 of Article 5 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
§ 131E‑84.05. Patient visitation by clergy, including during declared disasters or emergencies.
Notwithstanding G.S. 131E‑84, Chapter 166A of the General Statutes, or any other provision of law to the contrary, each hospital licensed under this Article shall allow a clergy member to visit any patient admitted to the hospital who requests or consents to be visited by a clergy member during the patient's hospital stay, including a hospital stay that occurs during a declared disaster or emergency. A hospital may require a visiting clergy member to submit to health screenings necessary to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, a hospital may restrict a visiting clergy member who does not pass a health screening requirement or who has tested positive for an infectious disease. A hospital may require a visiting clergy member to adhere to infection control procedures, including wearing personal protective equipment, as long as the infection control procedures do not interfere with the religious beliefs of the patient or the visiting clergy member.
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2021.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 3rd day of September, 2021.
s/ Jim Perry
Presiding Officer of the Senate
s/ Harry Warren
Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives
s/ Roy Cooper
Governor
Approved 11:53 a.m. this 16th day of September, 2021