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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
 SESSION 2025
-H 1
-HOUSE BILL 842
+H D
+HOUSE BILL DRH10374-NG-68
 
 Short Title: Vis., Hear., Dental Screenings Opt-Out. (Public)
-Sponsors: Representatives Helfrich, Carney, Crawford, and Greenfield (Primary Sponsors).
-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 10, 2025
-*H842-v-1*
+Sponsors: Representative Helfrich.
+Referred to:
+
+*DRH10374-NG-68*
 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
 AN ACT TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTH SCREENINGS IN SCHOOLS. 2
 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
 SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C-76.45(a) reads as rewritten: 4
-"(a) The governing body of a public school unit shall adopt procedures  to notify a parent 5
+"(a) The governing body of a public school unit shall adopt procedures to notify a parent 5
 of the following: 6
 (1) At the beginning of each school year, notice of each health care service offered 7
 at his or her child's school and the means for the parent to provide consent for 8
 any specific service. A parent's consent to a health care service does not waive 9
-the parent's right to access his or her child's educational records or health 10
+the parent 's right to access his or her child 's educational records or health 10
 records or to be notified of changes in his or her child's services or monitoring. 11
-A health care service under this subdivision  does not include a he alth care 12
+A health care service under this subdivision  does not include a health care 12
 screening. 13
 (2) At the beginning of each school year, procedures to exercise the parental 14
 remedies provided by G.S. 115C-76.60. 15
 (3) Prior to administration to students in kindergarten through third grade, a copy 16
-of any student well -being questionn aire or health screening form and the 17
+of any student well -being questionnaire or health screening form and the 17
 means for the parent to consent to the use of the questionnaire or form for his 18
 or her child. 19
 (4) Prior to or contemporaneous with changes, notice of changes in services or 20
-monitoring related to his or her child's ment al, emotional, or physical health 21
+monitoring related to his or her child 's mental, emotional, or physical health 21
 or well-being and the school's ability to provide a safe and supportive learning 22
 environment for that child. 23
 (5) Prior to any changes in the name or pronoun used for a student in school 24
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 (3) Dental screening. 33
 (4) Developmental screening for cognition, language, and motor function  34
 conducted in accordance with G.S. 115C-83.5(a). 35
+H.B. 842
+Apr 9, 2025
+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
-Page 2  House Bill 842-First Edition
-(b) A public school unit may conduct a  health care screening without parental consent 1
+Page 2  DRH10374-NG-68
+(b) A public school unit may conduct a  health care screening without parental consent  1
 but shall provide a parent notice (i) at the beginning of the school year on all screenings to be 2
 conducted and (ii) of the results of those screenings for their child." 3
 SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law. 4