A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To authorize the legislative research commission to study issues related to complementary and alternative forms of medicine.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Legislative Research Commission may study issues related to use and regulation of complementary and alternative forms of medicine in this State.  If this study is undertaken, the Commission shall examine the following issues:
(1)	Types of complementary and alternative health care services currently being offered and used in North Carolina.
(2)	Ways to remove current restrictions and facilitate access of consumers to complementary and alternative health care practitioners who are providing health care services not currently covered by existing medical licensing laws.
(3)	The impact of Health Freedom legislation in other states including Oklahoma, Minnesota, Rhode Island, California, and Idaho.
(4)	Any other matter that the Commission deems appropriate or necessary to provide proper information to the General Assembly on the subject of the study.
SECTION 2.  The Commission may report to the 2006 Regular Session of the 2005 General Assembly or to the 2007 General Assembly on its findings and may make any legislative recommendations it considers appropriate.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.