This executive order is a shield law that directs cabinet agencies to safeguard medical privacy, ensures women receive accurate information about their pregnancies, and protects doctors providing lawful reproductive health care.

This bulletin affirms that NC Medicaid beneficiaries may obtain the over the counter (OTC) oral contraceptive Opill without a prescription and at no cost.

This appropriations bill and subsequent state regulations expand Medicaid eligibility to adults aged 19-64 who have incomes up to 138% FPL, which has the effect of increasing access to contraception along with broader health care services.

This bill stipulates that if the federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid coverage provided to the category of individuals described in G.S. 108A‑54.3A(a)(24) falls below ninety percent (90%), then Medicaid coverage for this category of individuals shall be discontinued as expeditiously as possible but no earlier than the date the lower federal medical assistance percentage takes effect.

This state plan amendment allows Medicaid to cover and reimburse six family planning inter-periodic visits in addition to an annual assessment and comprehensive preventive medicine exam per 365 days.