GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1102

Short Title:  Funds for Area MH Merger.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Dedmon; Clary and Barefoot.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE MERGER OF THE CLEVELAND COUNTY AREA MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES PROGRAM WITH THE GASTON-LINCOLN AREA MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AUTHORITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of one million four hundred forty-two thousand two hundred sixty-seven dollars ($1,442,267) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated by the Division to complete a merger, approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, of the Cleveland County Area Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services Program and the Gaston-Lincoln Area Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services Authority. These funds shall be used for the following purposes:
(1)	To fund salaries and benefits of Cleveland County Area Program employees hired by the Gaston-Lincoln Area Authority;
(2)	To administer the newly created Area Program;
(3)	For the completion of the renovation of the Ollie Harris Building in Shelby, North Carolina; and
(4)	For other infrastructure costs necessary to complete the merger.
Funds appropriated under this act are supplemental to funds appropriated for and allocated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services to the Cleveland County Area Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services Program and the Gaston-Lincoln Area Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services Authority for the 1999-2000 fiscal year.
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.