Civil Procedure Amendment.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 3
HOUSE BILL 606
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/29/25
Third Edition Engrossed 5/6/25

Short Title: Civil Procedure Amendment. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 1, 2025
*H606-v-3*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT AMENDING THE CIVIL PROCEDURE STATUTE RELATING TO ACCRUAL OF 2
ACTION AND LIMITING USE OF STATE FUNDING. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 1-15 reads as rewritten: 5
"§ 1-15. Statute runs from accrual of action. 6
(a) Civil actions can only be commenced within the periods prescribed in this Chapter, 7
after the cause of action has accrued, except where in special cases a different limitation is 8
prescribed by statute. 9
(b) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 654, s. 3. 10
(c) Except as provided by subsection (d) of this section or where otherwise provided by 11
statute, a cause of action for malpractice arising out of the performance of or failure to perform 12
professional services shall be deemed to accrue at the time of the occurrence of the last act of the 13
defendant giving rise to the cause of action: Provided that whenever there is bodily injury to the 14
person, economic or monetary loss, or a defect in or damage to property which originates under 15
circumstances making the injury, loss, defect or damage not readily apparent to the claimant at 16
the time of its origin, and the injury, loss, defect or damage is discovered or should reasonably 17
be discovered by the claimant two or more years after the occurrence of the last act of the 18
defendant giving rise to the cause of action, suit must be commenced within one year from the 19
date discovery is made: Provided nothing herein shall be construed to reduce the statute of 20
limitation in any such case below three years. Provided fur ther, that in no event shall an action 21
be commenced more than four years from the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of 22
action: Provided further, that where damages are sought by reason of a foreign object, which has 23
no therapeutic or diagn ostic purpose or effect, having been left in the body, a person seeking 24
damages for malpractice may commence an action therefor within one year after discovery 25
thereof as hereinabove provided, but in no event may the action be commenced more than 10 26
years from the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action. 27
(d) A cause of action arising out of the performance of or failure to perform services 28
while in the course of facilitating or perpetuating gender transition shall be commenced within 29
10 years from the day the claimant reaches 18 years of age . "Gender transition" is defined in 30
G.S. 90-21.150(5) for the purposes of this section. 31
(e) A medical professional or entity may not seek a contractual waiver of the liability 32
arising out of the performance of or failure to perform services while in the course of facilitating 33
or perpetuating gender transition. Any attempted waiver is contrary to the public policy of this 34
State and is null and void. 35
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(f) G.S. 90-21.19 does not apply to da mages for a cause of action arising out of the 1
performance of or failure to perform services while in the course of facilitating or perpetuating 2
gender transition." 3
SECTION 2. G.S. 143C-6-5.6 reads as rewritten: 4
"§ 143C-6-5.6. Limitation on use of State funds for gender transition procedures. 5
(a) The following definitions apply in this section: 6
(1) Cross-sex hormones. – As defined in G.S. 90-21.150. 7
(2) Minor. – As defined in G.S. 90-21.150. 8
(3) Puberty-blocking drugs. – As defined in G.S. 90-21.150. 9
(4) Surgical gender transition procedure. – As defined in G.S. 90-21.150. 10
(b) No State funds may be used, directly or indirectly, for the performance of or in 11
furtherance of surgical gender transition procedures, or to provide puberty -blocking drugs or 12
cross-sex hormones to a minor, or to support the administration of any governmental health plan 13
or government -offered insurance policy offering surgical gender transition procedures, 14
puberty-blocking drugs, or cross-sex hormones to a minor. 15
(b1) No State funds ma y be used, directly or indirectly, for the performance of or in 16
furtherance of surgical gender transition procedures, or to provide puberty -blocking drugs or 17
cross-sex hormones to any prisoner incarcerated in the State prison system or the Statewide 18
Misdemeanor Confinement Program or otherwise in the custody of the Department of Adult 19
Correction, or to support the administration of any governmental health plan or 20
government-offered insurance policy offering surgical gender transition procedures, 21
puberty-blocking drugs, or cross -sex hormones to any prisoner incarcerated in the State prison 22
system or the Statewide Misdemeanor Confinement Program or otherwise in the custody of the 23
Department of Adult Correction. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent State 24
funds from being u sed, directly or indirectly, to address medical complications resulting in 25
imminent physical harm, including the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or disorder that 26
has been caused by or exacerbated by a previou sly performed or privately funded gender 27
transition procedure. 28
(c) Subsection (b) Subsections (b) and (b1) of this section shall not apply to the State 29
Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees." 30
SECTION 2.5. Severability. – If any provision of this act or its application is held 31
invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act that can be given 32
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are 33
severable. 34
SECTION 3. Section 1 of this act is effective when it becomes law and applies to 35
causes of action accruing before, on, or after that date. This section revives any cause of action 36
arising out of the performance of or failure to perform services while in the course of facilitating 37
or perpetuating gender transition otherwise time-barred under G.S. 1-15 as it existed immediately 38
before the enactment of this act, whether or not such cause of action has been asserted in a 39
pending civil action or appeal. Section 2 of this act becomes effective July 1, 2025. The remainder 40
of this act is effective when it becomes law. 41