1. Enact Comprehensive North Carolina Medical Freedom Law
A. Enact Comprehensive Law Prohibiting Vaccine Mandate, Vaccine Passport, Vaccine Lottery, and Vaccine Database
Combine HB 558 and the most comprehensive laws passed by other states to ensure the greatest protection of health and medical freedom for all citizens of North Carolina.
https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/HB%20558
B. Repeal Mask Law
On May 2, 2020, the NCGA led by President Pro Temp of the Senate Phil Berger and Speaker Tim Moore ratified the passage Session Law 2020-3 (Senate Bill 704) created an exemption to NCGS 14-12.11 for “MASKS AND HOODS FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH.”
(c) A person wearing a mask for the purpose of ensuring the physical health or safety of the wearer or others shall remove the mask, upon request by a law enforcement officer, in any of the following circumstances:
(1) During a traffic stop, including a checkpoint or roadblock pursuant to G.S. 20-16.3A.
(2) When a law enforcement officer has reasonable suspicion or probable cause during a criminal investigation."
The section was to expire August 1, 2020.
Governor Cooper signed it into law on May 4, 2020.
https://www.ncleg.gov/enactedlegislation/sessionlaws/pdf/2019-2020/sl2020-3.pdf
On July 8, 2020, the NCGA led by then Lt. Governor Dan Forest and Speaker Tim Moore ratified the passage of Session Law 2020-93 (Senate Bill 232), which removed the expiration date and extended indefinitely “MASKS AND HOODS FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH.”
Governor Cooper signed it into law on July 10, 2020.
https://www.ncleg.gov/enactedlegislation/sessionlaws/pdf/2019-2020/sl2020-93.pdf
C. Defund Testing, Tracking, and Tracing Law
On May 2, 2020, the NCGA led by President Pro Temp of the Senate Phil Berger and Speaker Tim Moore ratified the passage Session Law 2020-4 (House Bill 1043), which authorized $25,000,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services to be used to expand public and private initiatives for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and trends tracking and analysis through, but not limited to, all of the following ways:
a. Building capacity for widespread COVID-19 diagnostic testing to enable rapid case-based interventions.
b. Building capacity for widespread COVID-19 antibody testing to enable rapid deployment when such testing becomes available.
c. Expanding contact tracing workforce and infrastructure to routinely identify potentially exposed persons and take appropriate public health actions.
d. Increasing research and data tools and analysis infrastructure to support better predictive models, surveillance, and response strategies
Governor Cooper signed it into law on May 4, 2020.
https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/PDF/2019-2020/SL2020-4.pdf
D. Enact Right to Privacy Law
Medical Freedom Law must include the Right to Privacy modeled on Article 1, Section 23 of the Florida Constitution, which was adopted in May 1998
SECTION 23. Right of privacy —Every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life except as otherwise provided herein. This section shall not be construed to limit the public’s right of access to public records and meetings as provided by law.
https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Constitution#A1S23
E. Replace “Declaration of patient’s rights” (NCGS 131E-117) with the North Carolina Patient’s Bill of Rights
https://www.ncleg.gov/enactedlegislation/statutes/pdf/bysection/chapter_131e/gs_131e-117.pdf
Model on Florida’s Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
(https://m.flsenate.gov/Statutes/381.026)
2. Amend Emergency Powers Act (NCGS 166A)
https://ncleg.gov/Laws/GeneralStatuteSections/Chapter166A
Model on amendment to Pennsylvania Constitution
https://custom.statenet.com/public/resources.cgi?id=ID:bill:PA2021000S2&ciq=ncsl&client_md=39285a83751ec62ad6ad551b4a3a7373&mode=current_text
§ 20. Disaster emergency declaration and management.
(a) A disaster emergency declaration may be declared by executive order or proclamation of the Governor upon finding that a disaster has occurred or that the occurrence or threat of a disaster is imminent that threatens the health, safety, or welfare of this Commonwealth.
(b) Each disaster emergency declaration issued by the Governor under subsection (a) shall indicate the nature, each area threatened and the conditions of the disaster, including whether the disaster is a natural disaster, military emergency, public health emergency, technological disaster or other general emergency, as defined by statute. The General Assembly shall, by statute, provide for the manner in which each type of disaster enumerated under this subsection shall be managed.
(c) A disaster emergency declaration under subsection (a) shall be in effect for no more than TWENTY-ONE (21) days, unless otherwise extended in whole or part by concurrent resolution of the General Assembly.
(d) Upon the expiration of a disaster emergency declaration under subsection (a), the Governor may not issue a new disaster emergency declaration based upon the same or substantially similar facts and circumstances without the passage of a concurrent resolution of the General Assembly expressly approving the new disaster emergency declaration.
Law must include that no disaster emergency declaration by the state and/or local government shall violate the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens.
3. Replace Minor Consent Law (NCGS 90-21.5, as amended by Session Law 2021-110/House Bill 96)
https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-21.5.html
https://www.ncleg.gov/enactedlegislation/sessionlaws/pdf/2021-2022/sl2021-110.pdf
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a health care provider shall obtain written consent from a parent or legal guardian for any and all medical treatment, dental, behavioral, and health services provided to an individual under 18 years of age.
Any individual who is under 18 years of age and who is emancipated may consent to medical treatment, dental, behavioral, and health services for himself or for his child.
4. Enact Comprehensive School Choice Law
North Carolina parents deserve the flexibility to choose which educational environment works best for them and their K-12 students. Every child is different, and the learning environment that works for one student does not always benefit another.
Parents can send their K-12 students to public school designated for their home address, or chose a private, charter, religious, virtual, or home school.
Provide to all parents of K-12 students up to $10,000 per child directly to the child’s parents to choose a private, charter, religious, virtual, or homeschool.
5. Amend Abortion Law
Pass a law banning all abortions for ALL reasons, and ban all funding that supports abortion, Planned Parenthood, and research using aborted fetal tissue.
6. Enact Comprehensive Voter Integrity Law
Law must include:
Chapter 163 of the NC General Statutes is to be rewritten completely. The rewritten law must include consequences for violations.
Use of Hand Marked Paper Ballots (HMPB) that are number sequenced, watermarked, and with a MYLAR-wrapped RFID insert (much like our money is watermarked to detect counterfeit vs real).
Ballot production should be as secure as our currency (Ballot Integrity Project recommendations: https://votefinchem.com/announcing-the-ballot-integrity-project/).
Hand count of all paper ballots by volunteers at counting tables with cameras and in an openly transparent environment (much like used by Arizona during its audit).
Each voter precinct must not have more than 3,000 voters.
ID is required of each voter. For voters who do not have a driver's license or valid photo ID, the voter must provide his/her address, birthdate, and last 4 digits of SSN when voting in person.
Mail-in ballots are available only to voters who cannot vote in person physically for work-related or documented health reasons. Mail-in ballots require signature verification by County Election Board staff in the presence of the public. Mail-in ballots are required to be hand-counted in the same manner as in-person ballots and only on Election Day.
Electronic, online voting is not permitted.
Election Day is a state holiday.
North Carolina’s voter registration system requires qualified database analysts who provide recommendations for the structure and maintenance of the database with proper audit controls.
North Carolina voter registration is maintained at the county level in each County's self-contained computer system and back-up, NOT at the state level.
North Carolina voter registration and election data must not be stored in the “cloud.”
Qualified database analysts must review the maintenance of each County's voter registration data and computer system, and provide a bi-annual update to the Election Oversight Committee.
County Boards of Election are to be bi-partisan with two (2) members of each party, and the Chairperson to be appointed by the County's Board of Commissioners, totaling five (5) members.
State, county, and local government and their employees are prohibited from applying for and accepting monetary and in-kind donations.
Recall of any person holding a public office of state, county, or local government, including State and County Boards of Election, either by election or appointment (model after “Montana’s Recall Act”).
“Montana Recall Act”
https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0020/chapter_0160/part_0060/sections_index.html
Any person holding a public office of the state or any of its political subdivisions, either by election or appointment, is subject to recall from office.
A public officer holding an elective office may be recalled by the qualified electors entitled to vote for the elective officer's successor. A public officer holding an appointive office may be recalled by the qualified electors entitled to vote for the successor or successors of the elective officer or officers who have the authority to appoint a person to that position.
Physical or mental lack of fitness, incompetence, violation of the oath of office, official misconduct, or conviction of a felony offense are the only grounds for recall.
A person may not be recalled for performing a mandatory duty of the office that the person holds or for not performing any act that, if performed, would subject the person to prosecution for official misconduct.
7. Repeal New Green Deal Laws
On August 2, 2007, the NCGA led by President of the Senate Beverly Perdue and Speaker Joe Hackney ratified the passage Session Law 2007-397 (Senate Bill 3) “Promote Renewable Energy/Baseload Generation.” Governor Easley signed it into law on August 20, 2007.
https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v6.pdf
On October 7, 2021, the NCGA led by President Pro Temp Phil Berger and Speaker Tim Moore ratified the passage Session Law 2021-165 (House Bill 951) “Energy Solutions for NC.”
Governor Cooper signed it into law on October 13, 2021. https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/PDF/2021-2022/SL2021-165.pdf
North Carolina Physicist, John Droz, PhD, wrote an excellent summary of some of his concerns about Session Law 2021-165 (House Bill 951): https://election-integrity.info/Energy/HB951_Commentary.pdf
8. Repeal Certificate of Need (CON) Law (NCGS Chapter 131E, Article 9)
https://www.ncleg.gov/enactedlegislation/statutes/pdf/byarticle/chapter_131e/article_9.pdf
Certificate of Need (CON) laws restrict access to care, put government control ahead of patients and doctors, handcuff health providers from offering care in their communities, increase health care costs by preventing competition, undermine the doctor-patient relationship, and add anxiety about the quality of care when we are most vulnerable. North Carolina families deserve access to quality care and lower costs, unencumbered by government control.
Certificate of Need (CON) is a regulation that limits health care supply unless state health care planners determine a specific “need.” Based on the theory that the economics of health care is unlike any other market, CON laws use central planning to try to reduce health care costs by keeping health care facilities from buying too much equipment, building too much capacity, and adding too many beds. Other than a few exemptions to the rule, medical providers with plans to build or expand an existing health care facility, offer new services, or update major medical equipment, must ask for, and receive, permission from the State Health Coordinating Council (SHCC).
Congress enacted CON laws under the federal Health Planning Resources Development Act in 1974, intending to cut down on health care cost inflation. The federal government repealed the CON mandate in 1987 because the program did not effectively restrain costs. Four decades’ worth of data and research into CON laws consistently find that they fail to lower health care costs. Limiting the supply of health services is far more likely to cause increases in health care costs because it reduces competition.
Since the federal CON repeal, 15 states have repeals their CON programs. North Carolina did not. North Carolina has one of the most stringent CON programs in the nation, regulating over 25 services that range from kidney dialysis units to mental health services to ambulatory surgical centers.
In 2005, North Carolina reformed the CON law to allow gastroenterologists to perform colonoscopies in their own endoscopy units. The utilization of those services increased by 28 percent over four years. Yet, overall Medicare savings still amounted to more than $224 million within six years, as procedures performed in free-standing facilities are reimbursed at a lesser rate than those performed in full-service hospitals.
The NCGA also allowed select rural hospitals to bypass the CON process for purposes of adding or converting unused acute-care beds into inpatient behavioral health beds. The exemption aligns with the mission of the state’s Task Force on Mental Health and Substance Abuse to expedite treatment for psychiatric and substance abuse needs.
The State Health Coordinating Council and other proponents of the CON law argue that centralized decision-making must remain intact to prevent duplicative services and underused facilities that may yield low-quality care.
Supporters of CON laws claim they are necessary to ensure hospitals can provide “charity care” or can accommodate those without insurance or those who have trouble paying for medical care. Studies have shown there is no difference in the amount of charity care between states that impose CON laws and states that do not.
CON states have 30 percent fewer rural hospitals and 13 percent fewer rural ambulatory surgical centers compared to states without CON laws. The elderly, the poor, people under time constraints, and people with emergency medical needs would be better served by having medical services nearby, rather than traveling to a hospital or clinic fortunate enough to have received CON approval for a service or procedure.
CON laws inhibit the economic freedom of medical entrepreneurs.
9. Amend North Carolina General Assembly Regular Session Law (NCGS 120-11.1)
https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/BySection/Chapter_120/GS_120-11.1.pdf
A Regular Session shall not exceed six (6) months.
10. Impeach Roy Cooper
Article IV, section 4, of the North Carolina Constitution specifies that the State House of Representatives has the power to impeach and the State Senate serves as the court for impeachment. When the governor is impeached, the chief justice of the state supreme court will preside. A two-thirds majority is required to convict.
https://www.ncleg.gov/Laws/Constitution/Article4
Articles of Impeachment must include all violations of North Carolina Constitution and statutory law.