Senate Bill 772: Funds for AIDS Drug Assistance Program
This bill would increase funding and eligibility for a program providing life-saving drugs to low-income people with HIV/AIDS.
- Status: This bill was not brought to a vote in the 2005-2006 session and is ineligible for further consideration. However, related provisions were included in the 2006 state budget.
Bill Summary
Equality NC endorses this bill.
This bill appropriates $6.5 Million per year for AIDS Drug Assistance Program in an effort to ensure that low-income North Carolinians living with AIDS have access to life-saving drugs. Additionally, the bill raises the eligibility level for the program from 125% of Federal Poverty Level to 200% of FPL. North Carolina's current eligibility level is the worst in the nation, forcing many poor North Carolinians to do without expensive AIDS drugs.
This bill is substantively identical to House Bill 412 and is similar to Senate Bill 641.
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Sponsors
Purcell (Primary)
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