GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 160
Short Title: Joel H. Crisp SUDEP Awareness Law. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Gillespie, Potts, White, and Cunningham (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Health, if favorable, Higher Education, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and
Operations of the House
February 24, 2025
*H160 -v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF 2
MEDICINE'S AREA HEAL TH EDUCATION CENTERS TO COMPILE AND 3
DISSEMINATE INFORMAT ION ON SUDDEN UNEXPE CTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY 4
INFORMATION TO HEALT H CARE PRACTITIONERS AND PROVIDE A 5
CORRESPONDING REPORT TO THE JOINT LEGISL ATIVE OVERSIGHT 6
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 7
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 8
SECTION 1. The University of North Carolina School of Medicine's Area Health 9
Education Centers (NC AHEC) shall consult with the North Carolina Medical Board, North 10
Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina Medical Society, North 11
Carolina Pediatric Society, North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, North Carolina Board 12
of Nursing, North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, and the North Carolina Nurses Association to 13
gather evidence-based information on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy from publications 14
and nonprofit organizations to create standard information to provide to all health care 15
practitioners in this State. The information shall include, at a minimum, current and 16
evidence-based information about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy risk factors and 17
conditions and contact information for nonprofit organizations that provide support services for 18
epilepsy conditions. The information shall be made available on NC AHEC's website and readily 19
accessible to health care practitioners in this State. No later than September 1, 2025, NC AHEC 20
shall report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services a 21
completed summary or booklet of information provided to health care practitioners in the report. 22
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 23