A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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	$700.00
	Hospital/Facility Fee	$500.00
	Other Expenses Deemed Eligible
	by the Program	$200.00
	Total:	$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 2021‑2022 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, 2021, and applies to forensic medical examinations conducted on or after that date.