NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1053
HOUSE BILL 1146

AN ACT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF CLAIMANTS, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000) IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAYABLE FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE TO ANY ONE PERSON.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-291, as amended by Chapter 529 of the 1977 Session Laws, is hereby amended by inserting in the last sentence thereof, between the figures "($100,000)" and the word "on", the phrase "cumulatively to all claimants".
Sec. 2.  Article 31A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes as it now appears in 1978 Replacement Volume 3C is amended by adding a new G.S. 143-300.7 as follows:
"§ 143-300.7.  Defense of medical contractors. — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, any person or professional association who at the request of the Department of Correction provides medical and dental services to inmates in the custody of the Department of Correction and who is sued pursuant to the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1871 may be defended by the Attorney General and shall be protected from liability for violations of civil rights in accordance with the provisions of this Article."
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.