NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1349

HOUSE BILL 1306

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE NEWBORN INFANT LAW TO REQUIRE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR FULL TREATMENT OF CLEFT LIP AND CLEFT PALATE ANOMALIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 58-251.4 is amended by adding the following sentence at the end of line 9 as the same appears on page 695 of the 1975 Replacement Volume 2B:

"Benefits for congenital defects or anomalies shall specifically include, but not be limited to, all necessary treatment and care needed by individuals born with cleft lip or cleft palate."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1982.