Reagan's Law.
This bill, titled Reagan's Law, aims to improve access to prosthetic and orthotic devices for North Carolinians with limb loss or limb difference by requiring most health benefit plans to cover these devices and related care. Key provisions mandate that plans cover all materials, instruction, and repairs for prosthetics and orthotics, allow for multiple devices based on medical needs, and prohibit denying claims for these devices that would otherwise be covered for non-disabled individuals seeking similar medical treatment. The legislation also requires insurers to provide coverage for device replacements when medically necessary due to changes in the insured's condition or device damage, without limiting coverage based on the device's age or useful lifetime. Additionally, the bill repeals state requirements for health plans to cover emergency care that duplicates federal law, aligning state regulations with federal standards.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 10, 2025
Last action May 7, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was amended to add a new subsection (e) clarifying that prosthetic and orthotic coverage counts as a habilitative or rehabilitative benefit for federal essential health benefits requirements. Additionally, the bill was restructured to remove the original Section 1(b), 1(c), and 1(d) and replace them with new subsections (b), (c), and (d) that renumbered the reporting and effective date provisions. The substantive policy requirements for prosthetic coverage remain largely the same, though the internal organization of the statute was altered.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's applicability to health benefit plans remains unchanged, but the internal structure of the statutory sections was modified to reorganize reporting deadlines and effective dates.
REQUIREMENT
New subsection (e) was added to explicitly classify prosthetic and orthotic device coverage as a habilitative or rehabilitative benefit, ensuring compliance with federal essential health benefits requirements.
TECHNICAL
The bill's internal section numbering was reorganized; original Section 1(b), 1(c), and 1(d) were renumbered as subsections (b), (c), and (d) within Section 1, and the effective date provision was moved to Section 2.
The reporting deadline subsection was updated from referencing subsection (a) to subsection (b) to align with the new numbering structure.
Floor votes · House May 6, 2025
How they voted
111–0
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 121
May 6, 2025
D
Democratic46
91% Yea
I
Independent2
100% Yea
R
Republican73
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
7
May 7, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
lower
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Insurance
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Insurance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
3 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Donna White
RRepublican
P
Grant Campbell
RRepublican
P
John Bell
RRepublican
Co
Allen Chesser
RRepublican
Co
Becky Carney
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Ward
RRepublican
Co
Brian Turner
DDemocratic
Co
Carla Cunningham
IIndependent
Co
Carolyn Logan
DDemocratic
Co
Eric Ager
DDemocratic
Co
Frances Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Garland Pierce
DDemocratic
Co
Gloristine Brown
DDemocratic
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