Section 143C-6-5.6 - Limitation on use of State funds for gender transition procedures(a) The following definitions apply in this section: (1) Cross-sex hormones. - As defined in G.S. 90-21.150.(2) Minor. - As defined in G.S. 90-21.150.(3) Puberty-blocking drugs. - As defined in G.S. 90-21.150.(4) Surgical gender transition procedure. - As defined in G.S. 90-21.150.(b) No State funds may be used, directly or indirectly, for the performance of or in furtherance of surgical gender transition procedures, or to provide puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones to a minor, or to support the administration of any governmental health plan or government-offered insurance policy offering surgical gender transition procedures, puberty-blocking drugs, or cross-sex hormones to a minor.(c)[Contingent Expiration - See Note] Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143C-6-5.6
Added by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 111,s. 3, eff. 8/1/2023, with the following contingent expiration of subsection (c): Subsection (c) of G.S. 143C-6-5.6, as enacted by Section 3 of this act, expires 30 days after the Memorandum and Order, dated June 10, 2022, or the permanent injunction ordered therein in Kadel v. Folwell, 1:19CV272 is vacated, overturned, or is no longer in force. The State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees shall notify the Revisor of Statutes if the order or injunction is vacated, overturned, or no longer in force.