GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1029

Short Title:  Hepatitis C Education/Awareness Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator East.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF HEPATITIS C AS A PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year to support education and awareness activities to increase the general public's understanding of the public health threat posed by Hepatitis C and to encourage efforts to prevent the spread of this disease by educating the public on risk factors associated with the disease.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.