NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1061

SENATE BILL 1235

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT MEDICAL EXPENSES IN ASBESTOSIS AND SILICOSIS CASES SHALL COME UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 97-59 is hereby amended by striking the words "medical and/or other treatment for asbestosis and/or silicosis shall not exceed a period of three years nor cost in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) in any one year; and, provided further," from lines 5 through 7 of such section.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of April, 1974.