(a) The Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits shall consist of 12 members as follows:
(1) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate or a designee thereof;
(2) Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 229, s. 1.
(2a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives or a designee thereof;
(3) Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 229, s. 1.
(3a) Five members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and
(4) Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 229, s. 1.
(4a) Five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker.
(5), (6) Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 229, s. 1.
(7) through (10) Repealed by Session Laws 1989 (Regular Session, 1990), c. 1038, s. 19.1.
(11) Repealed by Session Laws 1995, c. 229, s. 1.
(b) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or their designees, shall remain on the Committee for the duration of their terms in those offices. Terms of the other Committee members are for two years and begin on January 15 of each odd-numbered year, except the terms of the initial members, which begin on appointment and expire January 14, 1997. Members may complete a term of service on the Committee even if they do not seek reelection or are not reelected to the General Assembly, but resignation or removal from service in the General Assembly constitutes resignation or removal from service on the Committee. Members shall serve until their successors are appointed.
(c) The Committee shall review programs of hospital, medical and related care provided by Part 3 and Part 5 of this Article and programs of long-term care benefits provided by Part 4 of this Article as recommended by the Executive Administrator and Board of Trustees of the Plan. The Executive Administrator and the Board of Trustees shall provide the Committee with any information or assistance requested by the Committee in performing its duties under this Article. The Committee shall meet not less than once each quarter to review the actions of the Executive Administrator and Board of Trustees. At each meeting, the Executive Administrator shall report to the Committee on any administrative and medical policies which have been issued as rules and regulations in accordance with G.S. 135-39.8, and on any benefit denials, resulting from the policies, which have been appealed to the Board of Trustees.
(d) The time members spend on Committee business shall be considered official legislative business for purposes of G.S. 120-3.
(1981, c. 859, s. 13.18; 1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1398, s. 5; 1983, c. 452, ss. 1, 2; 1985, c. 732, s. 45; 1987, c. 61; c. 857, s. 1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1038, s. 19.1; 1991, c. 739, s. 21; 1995, c. 229, s. 1; 1997-278, s. 2; 1997-468, s. 1; 1998-1, s. 4(b).)
Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2007-323, s. 28.22(k), provides: "The Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits, established under G.S. 135-38, shall convene one or more meetings to review current law as it applies to the Teachers' and State Employees' Comprehensive Major Medical Plan (Indemnity Plan) and to the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees (PPO and optional programs). The purpose of the review is to determine changes that need to be made to Article 3 of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes in order to smoothly and effectively transition health care coverage from the Indemnity Plan to the PPO and all optional plans or programs offered under the PPO. Not later than May 1, 2008, the Committee shall report its recommendations to the 2007 General Assembly, Regular Session 2008, and shall at that time provide copies of the report and recommendations to the cochairs of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations and the cochairs of the Senate Committee on Appropriations."
Session Laws 2007-323, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2007'."
Session Laws 2007-323, s. 32.3, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2007-2009 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2007-2009 fiscal biennium."
Session Laws 2007-323, s. 32.5 is a severability clause.
Legal Periodicals. - For 1997 legislative survey, see 20 Campbell L. Rev. 469.