| 8 | | - | Sponsors: Representatives Gillespie, Potts, White, and Cunningham (Primary Sponsors). |
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| 9 | | - | For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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| 10 | | - | Referred to: Health, if favorable, Higher Education, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and |
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| 11 | | - | Operations of the House |
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| 12 | | - | February 24, 2025 |
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| 13 | | - | *H160 -v-1* |
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| 9 | + | Sponsors: Representative Gillespie. |
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| 10 | + | Referred to: |
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| 11 | + | |
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| 12 | + | *DRH10014 -NB-8* |
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| 14 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 15 | 14 | | AN ACT TO DIRECT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF 2 |
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| 16 | 15 | | MEDICINE'S AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER S TO COMPILE AND 3 |
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| 17 | 16 | | DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ON SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY 4 |
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| 18 | 17 | | INFORMATION TO HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS AND PROVIDE A 5 |
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| 19 | 18 | | CORRESPONDING REPORT TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT 6 |
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| 20 | 19 | | COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 7 |
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| 21 | 20 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 8 |
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| 22 | 21 | | SECTION 1. The University of North Carolina School of Medicine's Area Health 9 |
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| 23 | 22 | | Education Centers (NC AHEC) shall consult with the North Carolina Medical Board, North 10 |
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| 24 | 23 | | Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina Medical Society, North 11 |
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| 25 | 24 | | Carolina Pediatric Society, North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, North Carolina Board 12 |
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| 26 | 25 | | of Nursing, North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, and the North Carolina Nurses Association to 13 |
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| 27 | 26 | | gather evidence-based information on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy from publications 14 |
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| 28 | 27 | | and nonprofit organizations to create standard information to provide to all health care 15 |
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| 29 | 28 | | practitioners in this State. The information shall include, at a minimum, current and 16 |
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| 30 | 29 | | evidence-based information about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy risk factors and 17 |
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| 31 | 30 | | conditions and contact information for nonprofit organizations that provide support services for 18 |
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| 32 | 31 | | epilepsy conditions. The information shall be made available on NC AHEC's website and readily 19 |
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| 33 | 32 | | accessible to health care practitioners in this State. No later than September 1, 2025, NC AHEC 20 |
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| 34 | 33 | | shall report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services a 21 |
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| 35 | 34 | | completed summary or booklet of information provided to health care practitioners in the report. 22 |
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| 36 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 23 |
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