GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 70

Short Title:  Genetics Center Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Cansler; Nesbitt, Sherrill, and Walend.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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February 11, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR GENETIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO ASSIST IN THE PREVENTION OF INFANT MORTALITY AND OTHER DISEASES AND DISABILITIES RELATED TO GENETIC DISORDERS.
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 Women's and Children's Health, the sum of two hundred eighty thousand dollars ($280,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred eighty thousand dollars ($280,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to be allocated to the Fullerton Genetics Center in Asheville, N.C.  Funds shall be used to expand genetic health care services to assist in the prevention of infant mortality and other diseases and disabilities related to genetic disorders.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.