AN ACT to increase the maximum amount paid by the assistance program for victims of rape and sex offenses to a medical facility or medical professional for forensic medical examinations.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 143B‑1200 reads as rewritten:

§ 143B‑1200.  Assistance Program for Victims of Rape and Sex Offenses.

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(d)       Eligible Expenses. – Medical facilities and medical professionals who perform forensic medical examinations shall do so using a Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit. Payments by the Program for the forensic medical examination shall be limited to the following:

                              Service                                       Maximum Amount

                                                                                   Paid by Program

            Physician or SANE Nurse                                  $350.00$700.00

            Hospital/Facility Fee                                          $250.00$500.00

            Other Expenses Deemed Eligible

                  by the Program                                             $200.00

            Total:                                                                   $800.00$1,400.00

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SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety the sum of one million one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000) in recurring funds for the 2022‑2023 fiscal year to be used to administer the Assistance Program for Victims of Rape and Sex Offenses in accordance with this act.

SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2022, and applies to forensic medical examinations conducted on or after that date.