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H700 • 2025

The Patients' Restoration of Rights Act.

The Patients' Restoration of Rights Act.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
A. Jones, Majeed
Last action
2025-04-03
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
Not listed

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The Patients' Restoration of Rights Act.

The Patients' Restoration of Rights Act.

What This Bill Does

  • The Patients' Restoration of Rights Act.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-03 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-04-03 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-04-02 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

The Patients' Restoration of Rights Act.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 700

Short Title: The Patients' Restoration of Rights Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative A. Jones.
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 3, 2025
*H700-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ALLOW CLAI MS OF ACTION FOR WRO NGFUL DEATH OR INJUR Y 2
AGAINST A HEALTH CAR E PROVIDER ARISING A FTER MARCH 1, 2020, TO BE 3
FILED IF OTHERWISE TIME-BARRED. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. Article 1B of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is amended by adding 6
a new section to read: 7
"§ 90 -21.19A. Temporary civil action authorization for injury or death in certain 8
circumstances. 9
A patient or personal representative of a patient may bring an action for death or injuries 10
alleged to have resulted from medical malpractice arising out of a health care provider 's 11
performance of or failure to perform professional services in a court of competent jurisdiction if 12
(i) the alleged death or injury arose on or after March 1, 2020, and (ii) the alleged death or injury 13
was not the direct result of the patient contracting COVID-19. For the purposes of this section, 14
the term "COVID-19" means the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus." 15
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Article 1L of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes or 16
any other provision of law to the contrary, effective from March 1, 2020, until one year after the 17
date this act becomes law, G.S. 90-21.19A, as enacted by Section 1 of this act, revives any civil 18
action for a claim of wrongful death under Chapter 28A of the General Statutes or medical 19
malpractice claim under Article 1B of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, or any other 20
appropriate civil action brought under the laws of this State, other wise time -barred under 21
G.S. 1-15 or G.S. 1-17 as it existed immediately before the enactment of this act. 22
SECTION 3. G.S. 90-21.19A, as enacted by Section 1 of this act, shall expire one 23
year after this act becomes law. 24
SECTION 4. This act is effective w hen it becomes law and applies to claims that 25
arose on or after March 1, 2020, and one year after this act becomes law. 26